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on July 21 2010. © Daniela Violin, All rights reserved

For Elizabeth.


you always ordered an extra large earl gray steeped tea. You'd probably call me a creep for remembering that (or maybe not) but I even have a picture of you posing with it in those special winter-themed cups that Tim Horton's has every year. I stole it off of Kristie, who stole it off of Shawna, I'm not sure why but it's my favourite of you. Maybe because you're actually smiling.

But there's something about that smile that screams loudly in my ears "this isn't real, I'm faking" maybe we all should have figured that out, maybe we failed you. Or more accurately they failed you... they failed most of us but somehow we made it through.

I'm sad you weren't strong enough

And that you needed tea to make you stronger

but even your choice of tea made hills steeper to climb.

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