The funeral

[thetotorocatbus]

A high school friend of mine passed away the other week. He was 24

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[jeub]

"A funeral is not meant for the dead, they say, but rather, for the living."

... so that the living can mourn, and then move on.

=)

[thetotorocatbus]

Precisely. ;-)

[schizoniuz]

i loved this. :)

[schizoniuz]

sad land someone had to pass away for this story to happen tho. :) but lovely, nonetheless

[thetotorocatbus]

Yeah. Truly sad... but then again. Funerals are sometimes also seen as a celebration of the life that the person once had before he/she died. It's really all a matter of moving on actually. You just have to get past that mourning phase and all. ^_^

[bluelead]

They say it was a strange funeral, as his old friends laughed and chortled to jokes even though some of them insisted - though half-seriously - on the somberness of the event.

But yet they laughed. And laughed.

For it is the living who can truly appreciate the strangeness of such experiences.

[thetotorocatbus]

Where'd you get that from? Intriguing how it sounds pretty much the same as how I painted my friend's funeral. o_0

[bluelead]

It came into my head as I read your entry. I was pretty moved by it. Hence the inspired prose. :)

Yes, I came up with it.

[thetotorocatbus]

Wow. I never knew my words can have such an effect on people. ^_^ And I guess this serves as a compliment to both of us. I thought your prose came from an actual work of fiction like Gaiman's or Watchmen or something. ;-)