Untitled Gestures

Focus on elevating hand gestures of the mind

Programming the visions to see into time

Blackness with red, spread throughout the enemy lines

As a progressive technique to escape through exit doors

Nobility to speak, as earning breaths of life comes through white noises hall

Escapades of darkness creeps through the core

Penitence leniency of all thus feelings

Thy nature taken by the clones of visions

Who incisions their minds to believe in relapses

Of dreamless sleep

Like fairy tales told through mouths of the voiceless

Behind the caskets screen lit computer files extract your eyelids

Scifi visionary poet of sceneries

Stanzas liquid form, spread throughout the school halls

The radio blares emotional tombs

Laying down the specific equations to quantum leap into space

As we are a returning vet

That remembers the badge of honor that he earned through memory erasers

Of tying up the knot as an eagle scout from the dangers

So relax, breath, and stare over there…

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Is Death Necessary for Humans?

Recently I was asked if I would write an article on death. Specifically, “Is Death Necessary for Humans.” If you asked for my opinion on this topic five years ago, I would have hesitated to answer. I would be lost in wonder, to know to be honest. As I continue stacking years I have been visiting planet earth, I have come to a conclusion that death is most, certainly a way of life. It is a cycle; a law that needs to be in a consistent rotation. If you fast-forward to now, my beliefs have changed.

As one grows older thoughts, emotions or feelings change, depending on the experience and knowledge one gains by living. The older and more experienced I have become, certain aspects of my body changed, due to the environment I lived in. The environment I grew up in has not always been the prettiest. Nor has it been the ugliest. It has been an experience that has led me to question: this planet, human beings, reality, dreams, logic, death, love and many other topics one asks during his or her lifetime.

We are afraid of death, because we do not know much about it. Amazing how much not knowing the unknown, can scare us into oblivion. Fear is a human trait, but fear and not questioning death, is ignorance in its own way.

So back to the question asked, “Is Death Necessary for Humans?” I believe death is necessary. However, not in a way many people would want to believe. Death is necessary because we are energy consistently moving around and throughout our planet. We take breaks by renting a body, in order to learn more about our surroundings and ourselves. It is a bit of a cycle; a law that we abide by.

Many people will have their own theories and philosophies on death. It really comes down to, what you believe in. My personal opinion is that, death is a way of life. You choose how you die, when you die and where you go after death.

I suppose death can be viewed as a miracle, because we all die. We have a chance to start over and redo our wrongs. We learn from our mistakes and hope next time we visit, we can do better; instead of blowing up the planet, we can spread love all around. Do not view death as a long dark cave instead focuses on the positive. Death is simply a change of scenery. I know it will be hard for many people to agree with me, but when you think of death, make it a habit by thinking that death is simply a cycle, a simple rule that all of us have to follow.