May 10, 2012
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Fred Is Dead
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I looked below at the stirring migration of small human figures, running along the sidewalk in pursuit of their own lost dreams and senseless lives. Even from the fourth floor, I could smell and retch from the city’s exhaust and my mind began to numb from the din of the angry traffic below me and the empty rhetoric of urban music booming from blocks away. I closed my eyes and thought of my lost youth. The serene and almost mystical purity of it all. I remembered the warmth of Mom’s singing and the joy of Dad’s laughter. Even thought of my dog, now twenty years dead. I continued to daydream and thought of my best buddies, long ago, and of the sunshine and adventures of those days. Then, finally, I felt at peace and I began to smile as I opened my eyes….to see the pavement rushing towards me.
The air was dusty with snow flakes as the handful of chilly mourners quickly scurried away from my gravesite. The guys from AA had chipped in what they could, and gave me a budget funeral. The epitaph was a dollar a letter.
Comments (6)
I haven’t given much thought to my eventual funeral, other than to say in advance HOW I should be laid to rest. What matters most is that I meet up with my beloved when I get on the other side. Hope your days ahead are blessed.
I don’t want a headstone. I think all the money spent on a casket and headstone is such a waste. My loved ones remains may be in the ground beneath a headstone bearing their name, but they are not there. They are with me in my heart and in my memories. I want to be cremated and my ashes spread on Lake Michigan. My children understand.
Since you talk about death here, I wonder why is it that people are so defeatest on this site. Just surf the blogs and some don’t commit suicide because the don’t have a gun handy.
As I see it, we are bombarded daily with negative messages. Be it through the news or through the internet. So, I figure what I read here in your blog is a partial programation of what is being fed, not only to you, but many out there. I guess this negative-ism needs to free itself. And as it does, it creates more negative vibes.
So yeah, its the sign of the times. Hopefully positive minds will overcome the negative ones.
@catstemplar2 -
I understand your point, templar, and I agree with you. Please understand that this is not a generated message on my part, but merely an entry in a “writer’s challenge” on this site. I wish it were of a different subject matter, but none the less, it was an interesting challenge.
Very well written. And thanks for participating!
-MyHomeIsWriting
Well written and I shall be cremated and scattered in the woods to help fertilize the trees.