River…Post-Davin; photo by Toni Roberts; copyright 2016
the loss of my beloved grandson
who last month
at the tender age of twenty-one
exercised
free will…
his by divine right…
and chose to exit this world quickly…
via a bullet to the head...
Got me thinking about
death by suicide…
and how all humans leave this realm
via death by suicide…
consciously…by their own hand
or unconsciously…
blaming their leave-taking on Fate or “God…”
forgetting that we are all creatures of
free will
and that nothing…
not even death is imposed upon us by some
mysterious all-powerful Force…
It is we who knowingly or unknowingly
create these painful, ghastly, unimaginable dis-eases
that debilitate and devour our our bodies
system by system…
organ by organ…
in a slow death by suicide...
Indeed…by the use or misuse of free will…
all death is by our daily decisions and choices…
although my heart breaks at the thought of the degree of unendurable psychic pain
that drove my beloved to so quickly end this earthly sojourn…
this shared here-now…
I grant him his right of
conscious exercise of
free-will…
And I here-now bless the Essence of the boy-man I so loved
on Its continued journey…
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Hello Toni,
Sorry for your loss (keep taking it 1 day at a time) Wondering could the words be listed on the ‘writers world newspaper’ page on face book.
Thank you,
Caroline Rogers
C&B Books Distribution
CEO/Owner
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And, thank you, Caroline, for the kind words of support. Toni