So another NON POLITICAL MY TAKE...
Today I had a facebook memory (see question I posted) about death.
It happens.... You are guaranteed 3 things on this planet. LIFE, TAXES, and DEATH. Its all synonymous, or as they say.. Dust unto Dust.. and Dust thou shalt return.
'https://www.biblehub.com/parallel/genesis/3-19.htm In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
But again.. I digress..
We all gather to remember someone who died. A friend, a family member, someone you worked with, or went to school with. They were your close people who got you thought the worst times in your life. But as you lay there. Either buried or cremated, you are just a thought of on the day of.
This is what we imagine death to be. Peaceful and calm. But.....
Days.. weeks.. Years go by. Even when you are on the planet. Why are you forgotten, why doesn't anyone care. Does a text, a phone call, just a simple email "hey..are you ok?"
Since last year.. ON THIS DATE. We have been in quarantine. Stores, businesses, everything. CLOSED (IN SOME STATES) where this shit was killing everyone in sight.
MY BELOVED CITY. A DAMN GHOST TOWN...
just a simple question.. a text message.. SOMETHING...
But what. Radio silence. People who thought you were their friends and cared about you.
Deserted New York City.. Any City. Taking a page out of Bob Segar' Song "Against the Wind"
♫And I found myself alone
Surrounded by strangers I thought were my friends
Does anyone care to check on you when your on the planet? why only care when you died? Can someone please explain that to me. You get an obituary or see an obituary...
Then when you do... You get a mass card...
You ask yourself. What did I miss. Why did I miss.Why didn't I contact. I know people have busy lives but since this pandemic. Im sure you have just a few mins to say "hey to someone"
Why are you only thought of in passing, and not when you are on this Earth......
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