title: Lost Prelude
author: Maise, Ella
description: My name is Maya, and I'm not the same girl I was a month ago.
  There is an emptiness I carry around in my chest now. A broken heart caused by grief.
  There are also dark nights where I have trouble breathing as I feel the heavy weight of loss rushing through my veins, painful moments where I can remember my entire being scream in agony as I held onto my father's cold, lifeless hand.
  Then there is always a hero to every story, isn't there? A hero who I despised from the moment he opened his mouth.
  His name is Alexander. He is my inevitable I never expected to find. The one my broken heart leads me to. His existence, his touch, everything he did to make my pain bearable will leave a mark on me forever.
  Yet, I know that when I'm gone, he'll only remember me as a fading memory.