R.I.P

Thinking of Tom Petty passing away today. A gifted story teller and song writer taken too soon from us all. The fact that I am ageing means that I will be dealing with losing the people that made the music I listened to and the movies and shows that entertained me since my youth. He was 66. The boys in Rush are that age, U2 a little younger...and so on. These guys and gals will be passing on, serving to remind us that no matter what, we all go back to dust. Nobody gets out alive. So eat the fucking cake, drink that delicious wine and tell them how you feel...no regrets!!!

"Sed omnis una manet nox et calcanda semel via leti"

"But one night waits for all and the road of death is to be tread only once"

There seems to be a similar theme lately to my posts, save for the ones where I make fun of my own stupidity of course, a sort of reflective mood that in no way should indicate anything other than I am simply thinking out loud. Reflection is good...no?

I reflect on my choices, the good I have done, the not so good and the hurt I have caused. To those I have hurt, I really am sorry...and I'm pretty sure I would have said it to you personally and probably have been forgiven. Except maybe when it comes to matters of the heart...that seems to be an especially tricky area to fix that tear.

 "donde hay amor hay dolo"

"Where there is love, there is pain"

If 97.6% percent of all poetry and song writing is based around "love" one can understand how powerful a force it truly is. Love Hurts. Love Stinks. Love is a Battlefield. You've Lost That Loving Feeling. I keep thinking of the idea that if you truly want love, you are going to be left wide open to getting your heart ripped out. And it will probably happen. It has to me. But you have to get back on that stupid merry-go-round of heart wrenching rawness to let it back in. There is no other way. Remember...no walls along with that side of no regrets.

Can you see how this is all tied together? I'm going to go home soon, pour a glass and play some Tom Petty. We'll miss you buddy....light one up for us all will ya.

Ciao
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