"We are all wanderers on this earth...our hearts are full of wonder, and our souls are deep with dreams." ~ Gypsy proverb

Thursday, March 1, 2012

In a flash, and on a prayer...

He passed us, fast, maybe 85 mph. I remember red, blue, and ropes strapping his belongings around his motorcycle. I remember wondering where he was going, a road traveler like us. Minutes later, and in a flash, he's gone.

I don't want to look, but I know he's lying there. We've all stopped, and now we wait for sirens and flashing lights. God how fragile we are. I don't know where we'll sleep tonight, maybe right here on this bridge. But that's of little consequence and I guess I don't care. Numb is still numb. Sleep is still sleep, alive is still alive. One more day is still one more day.

Rest in peace brother, rest in peace...
4:55pm
West Louisiana

16 comments:

  1. and it changes just.like.that...
    rest in peace brother

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  2. Life is indeed fragile.
    "One more day is still one more day." Beautifully put...
    How terrible for his family.
    Ronnie xo

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  3. And in a moment, in that horrible moment when you knew you looked around your car and settled right into gratitude. From those moments we take away what we need the most. So horrible, so tough for his family. A traveler never arriving to his destination. Peaceful thoughts sent now to his family. Safe travels for you, my friend.

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  4. oh my goodness...i am aching and sober.

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  5. Squeeze your babies tight my friend. Such sadness in our every day.

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  6. thoughts and prayers going out to this anonymous fellow traveler and those who loved him. and to you and yours as you continue....my mom always says after hard times...”upward and onward” ....wishing you peace.

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  7. I am sorry, these events come out of nowhere and can have a profound affect on our lives. You remember them forever. Peace to the traveler and his family!!! Love to you and yours.xoxo

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  8. Oh man. The fragility of life scares me/moves me in those lucid moments when I can't deny the tenuous threads that we all cling too. It's a curse, it's a gift. It's the truth. Safe journey!

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  9. Truly horrific and traumatic. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and yours!

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  10. How dreadfully awful to witness...
    Life really is very fragile.
    Much love

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  11. Thank you for teaching us how to respond to these events. Pretty much any other place on the 'net, the comments would read more like, "Ha! Got what he deserved."

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  12. Such touching thoughts for something so unexpected. Saying a silent prayer for you all.

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  13. Oh I am just reading this now and my heart goes out to you. We had a recent loss in our family that has made me embrace a new motto: Love Today. Create memories

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