Oddly enough, it wasn’t being hit by a train doing sixty that killed him, but was instead an epileptic seizure brought on by his life flashing before his eyes, because he had seen far too many sunny days.
TAGS: death, life, trains, seizure, sunny daysFizz of white noise, flickering sizzle of the empty waves, the ocean swells - some big band tune skulking in the dank summer evening air pounces with a crack of life in trumpet solo, conjured there, made real by the radio knob, then, as quickly as it came, fades back into the surf, and say we become the static on the am dial, bleating big band brass for mouths, roaring tympani for blood in our veins, and we dwindle off into the sea because our god(s) are looking for the game in the fourteen hundreds.
TAGS: death, life, music, radio, Big BandI don’t care what it is, one step ahead of the anything isn’t much of a cushion.
TAGS: lifeIt is for living, not for living out in the wrong sized box.
TAGS: life, boxes, living, complacency, ill-fittingSometimes, the memory of a good friend is nothing more than that, mixed neatly with a small measure of hope.
TAGS: hope, life, memory, friendship
Do the living haunt the dead?
TAGS: death, life, memory, ghosts, anchorsLife’s a bitch and I can’t control her.
TAGS: guest scriner, life“Two kinds of trouble in this world: living; dying.”
TAGS: guest scriner, death, life, troubleAt some point, the universe took pity on her and chance allowed her to continue on, blissful and grateful for the great escape and even greater opportunity she had been given.
TAGS: life, suicide, mistakes, youth, second chanceThey seem to hold the potential story of our life, yet unwritten.
TAGS: life, potential, stories, doorways“Searching is half the fun: Life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.”
TAGS: guest scriner, life, puzzlingWe are all living the lives of flowers.
TAGS: guest scriner, lifeAll the Buddhas of all the ages have been telling you a very simple fact: Be; don’t try to become.
TAGS: guest scriner, life, beWork, yarn, coffee, work.
TAGS: guest scriner, lifeWhy didn’t I think to {insert bloody clever idea here} earlier?
TAGS: life, afterthought“Life is something that happens when you can’t get to sleep.”
TAGS: guest scriner, life, insomniaI do hope one day that my life will make as interesting a read as some of the living books on offer, but, more so, I look forward to seeing how I explain the big rusty Scrine-bird.
TAGS: books, life, people, inexplicableEvery second I continue to be alive is an unmitigated bonus.
TAGS: aging, life, optimismAll the scientists, musicians, artists, writers and madmen walked in columns, over hills, traversing rivers, towards the common man’s house, carrying gifts of pie and whistling merry tunes, for all their achievements and all of their creations were done in the name of this man.
TAGS: life, creativityDoesn’t it ache when your life, your body or your mind don’t allow you the luxury of, or the energy for, hours spent just sitting quietly and reading.
TAGS: books, life, yearn, ache