Awaken From Slumber

"Nothing is lost, it's just frozen in frost." - Damien Rice

To die, is to live. When you learn to die, you learn to live. A phrase from Mitch Albom's mentor, Morrie Schwartz. A man with fantastic courage, and someone who left a legacy behind, as he departed this world.

Death, is only the start, in my opinion. Being a believer in the world after living in the human mantle, I personally feel that way.

To look death in the eye, directly in front of me, I could very well say that I shouldn't be here. To have stared at it, I saw and felt nothing. Maybe yes, the words "fuckin' shit" might have exited my mouth. It really was a natural reaction. But I didn't see my life flash by. I didn't feel anything, except for a sense of necessity in salvaging my situation.

I can very well say that yes, I was there. I'm a skeptic, and maybe it was just a really bad thing that was gonna happen, which wouldn't result in me departing. However, I can't be certain of it, now can I? I certainly am not amplifying the situation, but I feel that I could have not been here today.

I looked at death. It was about to take me, but by some crazy miracle, and really good brakes, I managed to escape it.

Maybe it was supposed to be this way, for me to have a real scare. Maybe it was supposed to be this way, just a scare. But it doesn't hide the fact that, if there was contact, I'd definitely would have looked much slimmer, much disfigured, in my hospital bed, or coffin.

I dunno what to make of it. All I know is, I want to use this as a reminder that we don't really have a lot of time. And that, life really is this fragile. And that, death comes, without warning. Maybe wasps of hints would have triggered the intuitive emotions some people have. But it comes as swiftly. And it doesn't give you a heads up.


If I could decide what my tomb would write, I want it to say,"A man who lived fully, lived happily, who lived life. That's how I want to be remembered.