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"...from dust thou art..." It was one peaceful evening we were having, ruined by a message; distasteful and disturbing, a misunderstanding? no, never had been.. .but it had always been the easy way out... it was an overflow of misunderstood courage... someone  shouldn't have had the face, but really had the chutzpah to reach out... one that stood up to the last moment to gird, to break, to wreck.....and won... to be...to feel they belong, this, could be allowed no longer... this must...has got to stop... here comes the CLOAK of non-acceptance, it quickly spreads overhead, but repugnance PERFORATES! to be duped anew, ah, brings back to life old hatred, for those who think they know better, but never again, to swim in bad blood... feelings to be repeatedly exploited, this, can no longer be allowed.... this...has got to stop... ashes that were hidden, ashes that were forbidden, ashes i didn't feel like seeing an urn of ashes i firmly refused to hold, ashes i firmly refused to be anywhere near me. and now, they suddenly ask, where to take the forsaken urn? they can just pollute the river let the ashes flow with the current... or, be indifferently blown by the wind atop a mountain... for God's sake, why not just buy a vault for the urn? give the ashes the much-needed peace it longed for.. and let those who were once denied and deprived, have their own share of much needed peace... ashes may be carried away by the sea or the wind--- but there's only one known place: to the ground we all go, cremated or otherwise... so, why fuss on where the ashes should go? "From dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return." *    Sally Copyright 2014 Rosalia Rosario A. Bayan Biblical quote, from Genesis 3:19' "Dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return."
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Mar 15, 2014
Mar 15, 2014 at 4:27 PM UTC
Ashes To Ashes
"...from dust thou art..." It was one peaceful evening we were having, ruined by a message; distasteful and disturbing, a misunderstanding? no, never had been.. .but it had always been the easy way out... it was an overflow of misunderstood courage... someone  shouldn't have had the face, but really had the chutzpah to reach out... one that stood up to the last moment to gird, to break, to wreck.....and won... to be...to feel they belong, this, could be allowed no longer... this must...has got to stop... here comes the CLOAK of non-acceptance, it quickly spreads overhead, but repugnance PERFORATES! to be duped anew, ah, brings back to life old hatred, for those who think they know better, but never again, to swim in bad blood... feelings to be repeatedly exploited, this, can no longer be allowed.... this...has got to stop... ashes that were hidden, ashes that were forbidden, ashes i didn't feel like seeing an urn of ashes i firmly refused to hold, ashes i firmly refused to be anywhere near me. and now, they suddenly ask, where to take the forsaken urn? they can just pollute the river let the ashes flow with the current... or, be indifferently blown by the wind atop a mountain... for God's sake, why not just buy a vault for the urn? give the ashes the much-needed peace it longed for.. and let those who were once denied and deprived, have their own share of much needed peace... ashes may be carried away by the sea or the wind--- but there's only one known place: to the ground we all go, cremated or otherwise... so, why fuss on where the ashes should go? "From dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return." *    Sally Copyright 2014 Rosalia Rosario A. Bayan Biblical quote, from Genesis 3:19' "Dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return."
(...what bad memories ashes could bring...)
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F/Filipino
Mar 15, 2014
Mar 15, 2014 at 4:27 PM UTC
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