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AncientHippie
Member

since 2009-10-15

Posts 411
Surfing the Cosmic Flow

0 posted 2009-10-20 09:15 AM

I hope it is an autumn day
when my magic journey ends,
with scarlet maples blazing forth,
caressed by western winds.

My wish would be for cumulus clouds
scudding across the sky,
with a flight of geese heading south
and honking as they fly.

My family and friends would gently smile,
and recall a life of joy,
and a loving man who looked at life
with the wonder of a boy.

The last of my wine should freely flow
and a Jameson's or two,
and glad memories would be exchanged,
unembellished, and joyously true.

And my ashes would be scattered
on the waters of the bay,
and my spirit would take flight:
thus I would pass away.

And my people would remember me
when the wild nor'easter blows,
when the moonpath is on the harbour,
and when the lupin grows.

And my spirit will be out there
and their memories will not dim,
and sometimes with a smile they'll say,
"that reminds me of him."

Sutra 5: Public self-criticism does not brighten one’s Spark of Brahman: it merely feeds one’s narcissism.
Jim's Guide to Enlightenment: The Comple

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

1 posted 2009-10-20 02:31 PM

I am hoping the same thing. I have done some pretty darn silly things, and if they forget those, I will be surprised.

What a wonderful way to leave this plain, and go to another. Well done.

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

2 posted 2009-10-20 02:56 PM

I hope you get your wish... but not for a long while. *S* This is just beautiful!!

Dark Stranger
Member Patricius

since 2001-03-19

Posts 13631
West Coast

3 posted 2009-10-20 03:31 PM

I am sure mine will say.."that damn bike is finally quiet" until after the reading of the will and then one of my sons of blunder will take it over and uncork it just to keep my ghost loud and rowdy for another 20 years..

enjoyed your mind here guy

ramisf
Member

since 2007-05-17

Posts 93

4 posted 2009-10-20 05:50 PM

lovely and impressive.
you Smile will be the roadmap for all readers' smiles

Indigo
Senior Member

since 2001-05-17

Posts 602

5 posted 2009-10-20 06:17 PM

for those who dare to
the universe welcomes with
whiskey and wonder.

A fine epitaph, indeed.

Indigo

AncientHippie
Member

since 2009-10-15

Posts 411
Surfing the Cosmic Flow

6 posted 2009-10-21 08:25 AM

Mysteria:  I know what you mean about the silly things...I do believe, however, that they distill, over time, into the heady wisdom we have today.
Suthern:  My transition will come when the Universe so decrees.  My heaven is Now, and Now is always.
DS: Always room in a complacent world for a loud and rowdy ghost on a chopper.  With regards my mind....hhmmmm...must adjust my meds!
ramisf:  Many thanks.  So glad you enjoyed it.
Indigo:  Wonder, uisce beatha, and so much more in this Universe that I have just recently discovered.
Namaste all

Sutra 6: If your Path seems to be sprinkled with shards of glass, you should examine each shard to ensure it is not a diamond.

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