So. It was five years ago that thirty-two innocent lives were taken away.. and another from his own insanity.

If there was a way to turn back time.. If there was any event that I could stop and have no painful and horrible repercussions of changing the past and time-traveling..

Yeah. I would stop the Virginia Tech massacre.



I would bring back a former high school classmate and marching member.
It's ridiculous that someone with such promise was taken away.

And I still remember when I finally realised that she was gone, and that she wasn't ever going to come back, and that no matter what, I can never.. EVER bring myself to visit her grave on that day.

I'm really bummed.

I feel like I'm not doing any of those souls honour... especially my acquaintance's.. I wish I could say she was a close friend, but after high school, everyone loses touch, you know? And I wish I was closer, but I wasn't and that's okay.


I just wish that she wasn't gone.
Every year. Almost every other day.

And it really weighs me down, but you know what?
That's okay.
Because life goes on.
We lose important and wonderful people in various ways, but life goes on.

I just.. I just wanted life to go on for her.

I'm sorry, Mary. You were not supposed to go.
I don't believe that you were.


Mary Karen Read
January 30, 1988 - April 16, 2007