A Discovery

It's hard to believe it was three years ago. 

Three years ago I was living in an apartment complex.
Wishing to get out of that place and move onto somewhere....that felt nicer and had a better vibe.

It was three years ago....
When word spread that a girl who lived in that apartment complex.
Who lived in my building actually -though I don't think I'd ever seen her as her apartment was in a different ward from mine--

Vanished.
Last seen heading home from school. 
A journey of like a dozen blocks.

And vanished without a trace.

I remember the search parties.
People walking through the complex, handing out fliers asking if anyone knew anything about her.
There were news stories, tons of interviews, lots of tips....

But nothing. 

Not a word. 

The girl had just....vanished. 

Three years ago.

And just a few days ago.
They found her....
More specifically....her body. 

Up a canyon where she had no reason to be, in a place far from trails, far from where she'd last been seen.
Only discovered by happenstance when a motorist driving up the road randomly decided to stop and use the bushes to relieve himself and found her skeleton.

Like it's scary to think about.
To know that for three years....
She was there.
So close....yet so far away.

It's scary to think how close it was to me then.

How I lived in the same building as this girl.
And how she'd managed to disappear basically in the middle of the day on a busy road....

It's crazy.

And of course, is now fresh on my mind because of her discovery. 

*shakes head*
I hope that they find out what happened to her. Find out why she died, and who put her body there and all that.

Because it's just....weird. To think that somewhere, here. Nearby....there's a killer walking about. Who knows the truth. Who did the deed. And is possibly confident that they'll still get away with it all, even after her body has been found. 

*fingers crossed* that they get caught. And soon. 

Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi