When I am the oldest living human on Earth...

NeverStopQuitting · 11-03-2009, 05:06 PM

When I am the oldest living human on Earth, I will...

tell the tale of my adventures as a young boy to the land of steel houses where my father once lived, of our early Saturday morning expeditions to the summit of the World Trade Center tower where we'd drop our quarters into the binocular sight-seeing telescopes and gaze out above the hubbub of early morning rush hour from our private perch in the sky.

What will you do?

MrJohn · 11-03-2009, 06:44 PM

Transcend all life and release myself from time and space, eluding mass and spiraling towards infinity my soul will gasp for the light has surrounded us all now.

NeverStopQuitting · 11-03-2009, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by MrJohn

Transcend all life and release myself from time and space, eluding mass and spiraling towards infinity my soul will gasp for the light has surrounded us all now.

As I read that, I formed a mental image that vaguely resembled a scene from the ending to the movie Powder. Powerful imagery. Good stuff, MrJohn.

iSigh34 · 11-08-2009, 04:33 PM

I will.....

[b]Go Quietly[b]

The end is just a word
with no true meaning at all
like Spring becoming Summer
and Summer becoming Fall

The changing of the seasons
as the changing of the guard
transforms the white, winter shroud
into a sweet, freshly cut yard

Surrounded by my elders
and admiring my youth
I dance and dream away the hours
ignoring the inevitable truth

One day I will wake and I will be old
forced to witness my own decay
sifting through boxes of memories
filled with hundreds of yesterdays

Remembering my family and friends
on holidays and other occasions
passing down my life and my love
a truly nostalgic oasis

Einstein says we do not cease to exist
that our energy just changes form
perhaps death is not an ending
but our way of being reborn

So when I've grown old and tired
and I've run out of things to say
I'll close my eyes and go to sleep
and let my Spirit fly away.

NeverStopQuitting · 11-08-2009, 07:23 PM

Beautiful, iSigh34.

Indeed, to be young is to be carefree, yet late in age you still seemed relatively at ease when struck with the realization of your own mortality. It is enviable!

In verses six and seven, you appear to lend consideration to the concept of spirituality, which not only serves to comfort you in your moment of passing, but also transforms your would-be demise into what is to become a new beginning.

Fantastic!

11-03-2009, 05:06 PM	#1
NeverStopQuitting Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 20	When I am the oldest living human on Earth... When I am the oldest living human on Earth, I will... tell the tale of my adventures as a young boy to the land of steel houses where my father once lived, of our early Saturday morning expeditions to the summit of the World Trade Center tower where we'd drop our quarters into the binocular sight-seeing telescopes and gaze out above the hubbub of early morning rush hour from our private perch in the sky. What will you do? __________________ Last edited by NeverStopQuitting : 11-03-2009 at 07:16 PM.

11-03-2009, 06:44 PM	#2
MrJohn Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 14,000	Transcend all life and release myself from time and space, eluding mass and spiraling towards infinity my soul will gasp for the light has surrounded us all now. __________________ EASYREADER 5% Nation do you hear what I hear

11-08-2009, 07:23 PM	#5
NeverStopQuitting Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 20	Beautiful, iSigh34. Indeed, to be young is to be carefree, yet late in age you still seemed relatively at ease when struck with the realization of your own mortality. It is enviable! In verses six and seven, you appear to lend consideration to the concept of spirituality, which not only serves to comfort you in your moment of passing, but also transforms your would-be demise into what is to become a new beginning. Fantastic! __________________

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11-08-2009, 04:33 PM	#4
iSigh34 Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 42	I will..... [b]Go Quietly[b] The end is just a word with no true meaning at all like Spring becoming Summer and Summer becoming Fall The changing of the seasons as the changing of the guard transforms the white, winter shroud into a sweet, freshly cut yard Surrounded by my elders and admiring my youth I dance and dream away the hours ignoring the inevitable truth One day I will wake and I will be old forced to witness my own decay sifting through boxes of memories filled with hundreds of yesterdays Remembering my family and friends on holidays and other occasions passing down my life and my love a truly nostalgic oasis Einstein says we do not cease to exist that our energy just changes form perhaps death is not an ending but our way of being reborn So when I've grown old and tired and I've run out of things to say I'll close my eyes and go to sleep and let my Spirit fly away.

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