A movie in my head

A movie started playing in my head.

A movie, in which the main protagonist is killed. Where his death brings many emotions, perhaps even tears. And then you see that hero come back to life, fresh and healthy, standing on some red Hollywood carpet or gracing the cover of a glossy magazine. The hero was only killed in the movie. But the real actor, he is alive.

At some point, after some news from there, the frontline, reality began to slip away from me. I began to feel that somehow, just like that, like in that movie - everything would wake back up and when I went back there again, they would be healthy and alive, and everything would be as I had left it.

And only when the Sunday’s call from there didn't come, the understanding arrived.

No. It won't happen.

Because they ARE NO MORE.

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