Thoughts - In Regards to the Sudden Death of An Acquaintance

He hates life because life first hated him; life cast the first stone.  The first stone was but a pebble, a preview of what was yet to come.  Life held nothing back in its attempts to break him.  Life beat him to within an inch of his life, revived him to full health, gave him hope, and then beat him again.  Life has no conscience, no set of morals or ethics.  Life punched him with such force he fell to the ground; that’s why he is blind in one eye.  Life aimed for his shoulder; so now he lives with a chip on it.  Life broke his nose; this is why he cannot smell the roses.  Life broke his legs; the reason he walks with a noticeable limp.  Life laughs at these injuries; takes pride in its power to harass a man, to break him.  Life cares little about him; DEATH cares more.  Death is there to soothe the pain that life so much enjoyed inflicting.  Death was there with open arms to catch him when he stumbled, like a toddler taking his first steps.  When life beat him, death revived him back to health.  When life blinded him, death was his seeing eye dog.  When his nose was broken by life’s right jab, death was there to restore his senses with hands like a surgeon. And when his legs were broken by life and he was on the brink of paralysis, it was death again who nursed him so he could walk.  Finally, when life goes to far and takes the breath from him for the final time, it is DEATH who was there to meet him there with open arms. 

- March 13, 2008

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Posted by nick711 2008-03-13 14:59:11 .... Wow. I couldn't really get through to much of the meaning but I understood what you were going for. Well set-up and it has a great flow. + Report this comment
Posted by Inksplash 2008-03-13 19:51:15 Wow amazing. has a morbid perspective, and thats what i like about it. + Report this comment
Posted by TNHarvey75 2008-03-14 17:56:39 .... its ridiculous you can rate without leaving comments ... it makes me angry and fed up with the site ... + Report this comment
Posted by Tarhead Mugwump 2008-03-14 18:12:05 I would not jump over the side just yet... I like comments because they give me direction if I stray away from my story, or as a place for readers to express a thought about my writing. ratings, for me mean something quite different. I do not read a low rating as a rating of my content quality - as much as I consider it to be a measure of 'what others want to read'. a good example of that would be my poetry - my stories do well enough - but I am not a poet writing about what the world wants to read - so I expect low ratings and few comments. I write about what I feel. write for yourself - I always enjoy your writing - but there are times when I read real art - that I become speechless. comments and ratings are not always proportional to your talent, but proportional to a readers willingness to communicate how they feel. feel good. write on! + Report this comment
Posted by TNHarvey75 2008-03-14 18:19:22 .... I'm pretty sure tarhead ... whoever your are ... is the only reason I continue on this site ... If my writing is something others do not feel like reading by all means don't read it but to rate a piece of work without commenting on why you feel my writing deserves it is both cowardly and foolish ... My opinions ... + Report this comment

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