Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Queuing Up for Rest (Subtitle: Lining up for Rest)

First of all: doesn't the word queue sound infinitely less stressful and annoying than line? Thats one of the things I loved about London: Waiting in a queue was always a relaxing and phonetically pleasing event. It was in no way geometrically severe or threatening.
Anyway....
I like to think that the afterlife is a world of answers. I haven't always thought this...I used to have a very clear cut idea of heaven and hell. There's that whole Catholic thing again. But somewhere between confirmation and the present day, everything became really fuzzy. Shit got really crazy when I started dating. I wish I could think of a way to say that without giving those guys so much credit, but there isn't. My conception of the afterlife was changed one "Mr. Right Now" after the other.
In the beginning it was just a bunch of angels and pearly white gates--typical. Now, I don't need a heavenly, ethereal place. I don't think I want, nor do I think that I rank high enough on the scale of human goodness to merit such a paradise. All I really want are answers. I want to finish all that unfinished business before my soul hunkers down in a bean bag chair for eternal rest. I want to hear the motivations of those who "loved" me and left me, of those who mistreated me, or of those who just left me curious. Wouldn't it be the ultimate relief to enter a realm, only as a soul--unencumbered with the baggage of image, pride, circumstance and context....a place where you were presented with a line of similarly uninhibited and recognizable souls, all readied with an explanation, apology or a declaration of love?

1 comment:

  1. I want to go to this place when I die. Nothing would be more satisfying. Weird how this magical afterlife could very well happen in the here and now, if only we were all adult enough to communicate honestly. Merde, huh?

    Also, a side note about the word queue. I was told once that it is the only word in the English language that can lose its last 2 or 4 letters and still be pronounced the same way.

    Also, I love reading this, keep writing!

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