Ophelia's Demise

Today, Ophelia, daughter of Polonius, joins many other important people of the kingdom in this hollow ground right before us.  She will be among those who had brought nothing but happiness to the kingdom.

Ophelia as most of us know her was a kind hearten person who saw nothing but good in people. Despite the death of her father she managed to carry on.

Ophelia, though blinded by love, had excellent advice when asked about relationships. She had the ability of telling whether one was being too blunt about a situation or one was being too calm.  Ophelia would tell me not to mourn her death but celebrate the good times we had together. She would have said the same thing to each one of you standing here today.

I first met Ophelia on one of my morning jogs. She called to me and asked me my name. Several runs after that she would say hello and eventually we started having intellectual conversations.  I soon then became one of guardsmen. Though we had a bond, because of her position and my position we rarely spoke among the others. I then started doing my morning jogs and our six am conversations came alive once. 

She once told me “true love does not hurt. It is our perception of it that does.” At that time I was going down a dangerous roller coaster of emotions and with her wisdom and kind heart, she prevented me from crashing.

Despite how her last days on earth were, Ophelia was still that kind hearten and wise person deep under all the crazy talk. She always told me that if something happened to her or her dad I should be in charge of her funeral. Even though unusual she told me, besides her and brother, I was one of the few she trusted with her life.

Ophelia taught me about self love and that no one can love someone that does not love themselves. She made me realize what I deserved and how I should be treated. I started loving myself and came to the conclusion that no one deserves me. Ophelia had a huge part to play in me finding myself and I wish many of you had the chance of getting to know that side of her.

Many people came by the castle the day of her death and started crying. I was a bit surprised at this because Ophelia did not associate outside of the castle. It then dawned on me that when you are a generous, kind hearten and well spoken of your traits live on into your death and attracts people who wished they had known you better.

Ophelia we all share a great level of pain and wish you were still alive. We need more people like Ophelia: pleasant, kind-hearten, wise, and one that does not allow wealth to define them in our world. We miss you Ophelia and we continue to allow your ever so bright light to shine threw us.