the glory of death

THE GLORY OF DEATH

this is one of the things you
aren't supposed to
say
right?

OH, WELL

and hey:
in a way,
death is really cool

and what's so cool about it?

it's so clean

it's no bullshit

it's clear
and finished

it's not a halfway thing

to me
falling in love
is like that:
boom,
you are in a different
state

marriage,
hmmm,
is usually a nice game
that may
or may not be real

darn
another thing you probably aren't supposed
to say

oh,
well times 2

and

what's done
is done

(note the number one
guaranteed losing bet:
that the past
be
different
than it
was)




death is
done

the person is gone

and guess what?

you can still love
them

and guess what:
you can have the best talks
you ever wanted with them

get out a pencil
write both sides
maybe you are "hearing their spirit"
maybe you are "making it up"

and what is the "making it up"
other than hearing something
that is in there
was in there
was hidden
was waiting

maybe they didn't even know
and it's there
however wonderful a something
you want to
hear from the gone person
or say
to them

this wonderful thing
was always there
waiting to be said
waiting to be felt
waiting to be shared

it's real

all the wonderful
stuff
is real


is that true?
maybe
.

i don't know
and
it's a nice
story

love
is the key
to a lot
of life
left in the living

love the death
love our grief
love our joy for them
love our incompleteness
love their imperfection
our imperfection
our yearning to have had it "better"

and be
right now
the "better"
we were waiting for
all along

passover

what is passover???

ciao
Chris