We are gathered here today

We are gathered here today
That's what that girl tells herself
Repeatedly
Everyday.
In her head,
We are gathered here today.
We are gathered here today,
In loving memory.
She tells herself everyday.
In loving memory
She repeats it in her head,
Everyday.
Not brave enough to reach the end of the sentence,
In loving memory
She stops.
The tears hot on her cheeks cold on the tip of her tongue.
She swallows hard
Those cold tears cooling her stomach.
Trying again to reach the end
Of that sentence.
In loving memory
She can't.
Again
We are gathered here today
In loving memory
She won't.
Again
We are gathered here today
In loving memory
The tears continue to come
Showing no sign of stopping.
Again.
In loving
Again.
In loving memory
Again
Memory
Again
We are gathered
Again
Today
Again
Again
Again
Again.
We are gathered here today in loving memory
She reached the end.

"We are gathered here today in loving memory of that girl."