sugarbabies..
i got on the wrong train this morning… and got off at the cemetery… when karma puts me in a cemetery on a dreary but not toooo cold morning…i dont argue…ok ok i whine a little and stomp my feet a bit… but i dont argue… i started exploring…and found a soldiers new grave…i touched his stone with reverence (that ones for you uncle keith) i wandered aimlessly through unsettlingly straight lines of tombs… trying to thank them all…and looking a bit ridiculous in too tall heels and lugging a tumi briefcase… eventually i sat on a bench … wondering why the gods had sent me here this morning…. then i heard the guns… and i made my way over to a service… there was no family there… only the honor guard…i stood in awkwardly for his family….i hope he knows he was not alone …that his service is appreciated… and that i am …truly i am… so verrrrrry sorry for the loss of him…
when i left it was starting to rain..and i was glad to have an excuse for the wetness on my face… sometimes when it comes to perspective… and getting their point across…the gods… they just dont fuck around…
xoxo
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November 30, 2009 at 4:44 pm
restaurant refugee
This was breathtakingly poignant. I have no words.
November 30, 2009 at 4:57 pm
freckledk
We should all be so lucky to have you stand in for us.
November 30, 2009 at 6:11 pm
Jennifer McKenzie
Thank you for that. I agree. The gods don’t fuck around.
November 30, 2009 at 8:42 pm
cew
Very well done, milady.
Perhaps you were a Valkyrie in a prior life,
December 1, 2009 at 9:33 am
Another David
Wow… just wow.
December 1, 2009 at 9:52 am
Reya Mellicker
They definitely do NOT fuck around. How sweet of you to stand in for the family. You’re so good. Really, you are. Thank you.
December 1, 2009 at 10:41 am
ma
Most people would have just waited for the next train. Bravo, blond.
December 1, 2009 at 11:55 am
T.
“Those who know, not only that the Everlasting lies in them, but that what they, and all things, really are is the Everlasting, dwell in the groves of the wish fulfilling trees, drink the brew of immortality, and listen everywhere to the unheard music of eternal concord.” – Joseph Campbell
December 1, 2009 at 2:42 pm
brookem
they say that things happen for a reason and im sometimes one to even say it myself, but half the time im one to say, “then what the fuck is the reason?” but this? the fact that you were there when no one else was? there was a reason you missed your train stop this morning, for sure.
December 1, 2009 at 7:49 pm
Budgie
What a beautiful thing you did. xo
December 2, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Uncle Keith
That was a nice post. It is amazing how often our hubris requires a little adjustment to our perspective. It happens to me often enough, you’d think I’d learn.
Also, thanks for the mention.
December 2, 2009 at 3:14 pm
BigWilly
Be careful, your audience doesn’t know you as well as some of us know you. Nicely said.