This one was written in mourning for my best friend who was killed when a train rushing past a platform sucked him off.
Goodbye, Good Friend
I wasn't ready to lose you
I probably never could be
But you were taken away
Snatched up
Snuffed out in your prime
Damn it! Why?!?
It just doesn't seem real
How can it be?
I've never known anyone else so alive
So full of life, and energy, and hope
Things like this don't happen to people like you
Like us
It's not fair!
I didn't get to say goodbye
Hell, we hadn't said hello in half a year
I know we didn't keep in touch
I'm sorry for that
I can never make up for it
But even though the paths of our lives diverged,
I knew that you were trying to live a good life
A life I'd like to think I influenced
I know you influenced me
You changed me
Helped to make me
Where would I be without you?
You brought me out of my shell
You made me smile
You made me laugh
You made me live
Really live
How can I ever thank you?
How could it be possible?
These words can't say it
But I have to try
I admired you
Despite all your faults
I dreamed of being more like you
And now you're gone
And I feel like that dream is too
I loved you like a brother
Better in fact
You were a kindred soul
We complimented each other
I kept you in line
And you kept me sane
I will always cherish your memory
How could I possibly forget?
A spirit like yours doesn't die easily
You will always live in my heart
Sometimes that isn't enough
I get so angry
At God or life or the world or whatever
For taking you away
Who had the right?!?
You wouldn't want me to despair, though
So I'll try to be sane and happy
And live life to the fullest
To live with your spirit in me
I miss you every day
Goodbye, good friend
May the LORD bless you and keep you
Funky Dung
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I think you have a point about people fearing annihilation. But I also think one of the reasons people fear death is because they're frightened of the pain that often accompanies it.
Years ago, when she was ill, my mother told our pastor: "I'm not scared of death. It's the dying part I don't like."
I think many people would share that sentiment — and I think that most of us want to die quietly in our sleep. We don't want to die of cancer, to be sick for years. We don't want to die in a car accident, when we might linger on life support for a time. We certainly don't want to die a martyr's death.
I think that fear of death is pretty much a fear of the process of dying.
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Posted 22 Dec 2004 at 6:43 am ¶Funky&Emily-
Partly the death/pain aspect, no doubt. Just EXTREME fear of the unknown… pretty powerful um, paralyzing agent to some.
"Our greatest fear is that when we die, we become nothing"- Thich Nhat Hanh
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Posted 22 Dec 2004 at 8:28 pm ¶Marjo, welcome to my blog!
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Posted 25 Dec 2004 at 9:29 pm ¶Fear of living forever is real. I tend to think it's based in awareness of one's own limitations extended infinitely. For me, the comfort is to remember the love and mercy of God.
fear of being bored in heaven
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fear of infinity
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Posted 28 Dec 2004 at 2:00 am ¶I've had people tell me that they aren't really excited about heaven for the reasons Jollyblogger gives, so there's something to what he's saying. I do think you're right than many people fear death simply beacuse they fear not existing anymore.
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