I'm not sure where I heard that quote,
But lately it's been resonating.

There were two.
Two people I love so much.
Two people I am not looking forward to losing,
And I said as much.
One tried to reassure me,
"We won't leave. We don't want to."

And I tried.
I tried to tell him.
But when I looked into his eyes, I saw the haze that comes across them when I mention death.
And not wanting to cast that haze across the eyes I love so much, I remained silent.

I plan to outlive him.
Both of them.
All of them.
Every single person I hold dear.
Every friend. Every family member. Every love, past, present, or future.
All of this is temporary. I will see the end.
I will be the last woman standing.
Not out of a want to see them die,
But out of a want to never leave a love alone.

Death has taken much from me,
But it can't have me yet.
It can't have me until each and every person I love has been taken into its embrace.
Then, when I sit alone on that hilltop,
Overlooking the graves of everyone and everything I ever knew...

Death can have me. Once it has earned me.