i want to go to a funeral

Published on June 26, 2004 By mignuna In

i
want to go to a funeral
where the person was old and i know they died happy and
satisfied and i
want to hear people say that eighty-seven is a good innings in any game and i
want to feel like someones' life got to be over and i
want eighty-seven to be time enough to die with no regrets but mostly
i
want to go to a funeral
that marks the end of a life

Comments (Page 1)

MadPoet41

on Jun 26, 2004

mig~this is awesome writing here! You have such a beautiful (and clever!) way with words. I'm glad that so many JU folks are becoming hooked on your blogs. Because you really do deserve to be read by many. Keep on blogging big time!

~MadPoet

P.S. I never expected to live beyond the age of 30. So if I actually make it to 87 (I'm 42 now) I will be a very lucky (and happy) dude for sure! Thanks for sharing this one, huh? I really do think it's important.

mignuna

on Jun 26, 2004

hey madpoet, thankyou so much !. i was inspired by your "quote" blog to do a little mental "digging", and this was the result

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thanks for stopping by, and for all those kind words ... i wish it were true

... come back anytime, hehe, we never close

mig XX

MadPoet41

on Jun 27, 2004

hey madpoet, thankyou so much !. i was inspired by your "quote" blog to do a little mental "digging", and this was the result .

Mig~you are very welcome. I appreciated all your wonderful quotes (and comments) very much on that blog. Hope to chat w/you again soon. Keep on blogging!

~MadPoet

foreverserenity

on Jun 29, 2004

This is interesting. The title alone was enough to get me reading. But I have one question, why? Have you never been to a funeral or is it just curiosity and you wanting to attend one where the person actually died from old age and nothing else?

mignuna

on Jun 30, 2004

Hope to chat w/you again soon

likewise, madpoet. i really enjoyed that blog of yours, it gave the old grey matter a workout. heres' to many more

But I have one question, why? Have you never been to a funeral or is it just curiosity and you wanting to attend one where the person actually died from old age and nothing else?

foreverserenity, thanks for asking

i have been to funeral (well, several). i wrote this after reading of a young local woman being killed in a car accident. i have this hopeless feeling when people die so young, and i guess that verse was an expression of wishing that we ALL got to live to be old.

mig XX

foreverserenity

on Jun 30, 2004

Mig, I hear ya. It's sad when people die young. It would be great to "go" after you have lived a long and fulfilled life. To actually pass on while in a peaceful sleep. It's sad to lose people when they haven't had a chance to live their dreams or "see" what life have to offer them. When it's your time to go, it's time. Such is life! But I understand your sentiments.

chiprj

on Aug 13, 2004

I remember reading this shortly after I first came to JU. I was a newbie at the time (really, I still am since I've only been here since early June) and didn't comment on any blogs outside of greywar's (he's a good friend of mine and the person that intro'd me to JU). I do remember being moved by this poem, though, and it's been particularly meaningful to me as I've attended six funerals in the past month or so (and I have another to go to today). Each of these funerals have been for an older person that I did not know first hand. But from the eulogies and memories shared at the services, I know that I have been able to attend funerals that did mark the end of a Life. Thank you for putting these feelings into words and I'm sorry it took so long for me to look this back up and share a comment for you.

mignuna

on Aug 16, 2004

hi again chip. i'm very glad to have 'met' you. any friend of greywars' (or his mum !) is a freind of mine

I do remember being moved by this poem, though, and it's been particularly meaningful to me as I've attended six funerals in the past month or so (and I have another to go to today).

i'm very glad you were moved by this, chip, and i'm sad to hear of the loss you've had lately.

Each of these funerals have been for an older person that I did not know first hand. But from the eulogies and memories shared at the services, I know that I have been able to attend funerals that did mark the end of a Life.

despite the pain of death, i am pleased that those you know were able to have full lives

Thank you for putting these feelings into words and I'm sorry it took so long for me to look this back up and share a comment for you.

no need to be sorry, chip. i'm very glad you left this comment. thankyou

They had lives, mig. They probably had better lives than many that live to old age. Dont confuse quantity with quality, miggy darling.

i guess i was a bit, sabrina.

Right now, i myself would trade a substantial amount of my predicted longevity for a shorter amount of time in which i could actuall feel good. Give me another 10 years of good health so i can enjoy my life rather than the slow crippling that may allow me to breathe for another 30 years, but ensures every one of them will be spent in dire pain.

sabrina, at 43, i can't imagine how hard it must be to want to sacfice all the time you may have left in return for ten good years. i am glad that your sibling and closest friend actually had a chance to live during their lives. this was what made me upset. so many people never get the chance to really live.

In my opinion, the only thing sad about burying the young is that the living feel shortchanged, its ourselves we pity, having lost their company. They...well, they are done with the whole mess, and are to be envied, not pitied.

i can read this quote, sabrina, without liking it's truth, right ?. because i did. i agree, i just don't want to !. i think we do selfishly look to the young as the growth and change of the world, and we do feel robbed in some way when we 'lose' them. thankyou as always for your wisdom and insight, as well as your willingness to share them.

vanessa/mig XX

chiprj

on Oct 03, 2004

I just want to bump this one again. I recently wrote a blog asking JUsers to let me know what they thought was their best article. I got the chance to read some stuff that I hadn't read before and it also gave me the oppurtunity to reread some stuff that was really good. Well, this is one of my absolute favorite posts that I've read here at JU and by bumping it, maybe some newer JUsers will get the chance to see it, too.

I love this poem.

mignuna

on Oct 04, 2004

Well, this is one of my absolute favorite posts that I've read here at JU and by bumping it, maybe some newer JUsers will get the chance to see it, too.

I love this poem.

chip, i can't thank you enough for your kind words. i am so pleased to be on your 'favourite posts' lists, and i really enjoyed your comments on this post - it was how we 'met', in a blogging sense. your praise really lifted me. thanks .

mig XXX

chiprj

on Oct 16, 2004

Here's another bump for my absolute favorite mignuna post! I truly love this poem and I hope that this bump causes new JoeUsers to see it (or ones that have been around, but maybe missed it before)!

chiprj

on Nov 09, 2004

I hope this sits high in the forums for a while and newer people come to check it out. I absolutely love this post. I love the feelings this poem evokes in me.

mignuna

on Nov 09, 2004

oh, bless you chip !. i was scared you were the spammer.

i can never thank you enough for your support of this article. the joy and pride your comments have brought me is immeasurable.

mig XXX

chiprj

on Nov 28, 2004

Just a bump to show you how thankful I am to you. I hope some new JoeUsers get a chance to see it in the forums.

new-age nomad

on Feb 24, 2005

This is beautiful. Consider me moved.

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