Crows in the Sky

Taking a moment to observe my surroundings can yield pretty amazing insights at times. Just this morning, I paused to watch several crows flying overhead and for some reason, goosebumps ran through me and I couldn't, for the life of me figure out why. If I only have a camera then I would have taken a picture of it. Then you could experience the sight of a blue sky set amongst the tall grass and barren trees with those crows flying, circling the area.

It reminded me of some distant battlefield reminiscent of something from a Tolkien book. Maybe I look closely enough I could make out the footprints of warriors long gone trudging off to battle. Going further into the grass and into the distant clearing, maybe there will be a blood soaked land strewn with corpses and broken spears and swords scattered across the field.

Pretty much all I'm saying is that a simple sight could be something so much more if you take a minute to see. Not just with your eyes but with your mind. Let the impossible play in your head. You have nothing to lose, and in the end you would have gained some insight if you are a realist, or ideas for your next poem or story if you're a romantic.

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

A Tragedy

I'm not really sure whether it was a Friday or a Saturday when it happened. A girl, two years my junior in our school decided one night to end it. She did so with a damn belt. The story goes that her parents only found out the next morning when she did not come down for breakfast.

Our school's population is small. Meaning that something of this magnitude is sure to spread very quickly and it did. Almost all of us know each other, if not by name, then by face. Pretty soon, the students are arriving in droves to her funeral. I was not one of them.

Why? I only know her by face that's one. Second, funerals annoy me. The sight of so many people not actually giving a damn about the deceased is enough to anger me. What really bothers me is that the church refuses to give the final rites to a suicide. Sure, it is in their religion that all suicides go to hell, but then where is the mercy and forgiveness in that?

This is all so wrong and I hope that everything will work out for her parents and for the school. A place that small does not welcome death freely.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008