Flirting with Death

Flirting with Death is a roller coaster ride in the fog – you can never see ahead, if Death will accept you or if he will turn you down. He has his own way of going about things, turning off the lights for a good man and letting a bad one go free, but Death keeps it simple. He will come for you when it is time. Not before. Not after. You can speed his process along by smoking or by drinking, slow it down by exercising, but even when you slit your wrists, cut your throat, shoot yourself – Death will not take you if he doesn’t feel it is the right time. Darkness grows every hour for some souls, but Death still waits and he still watches. We’re all still here. We all still exist on the world though more that 80% have probably decided that suicide is good.

I remember one summer I went to Yosemite and stood at the edge of a 300-foot cliff and thought how easy it would be to jump off and never have to worry again about anything. But Death knew it wasn’t my time. He pulled me back from the edge and he took me back to my dad’s car and drove me home in the know that I would not die for many years to come, be it a blessing of a curse.

So smile at Death, and greet him like an old friend and see if he will take you to your kingdom come. Stand on the cliff and ponder the jump. Take the roller coaster ride into the fog and never see where he will turn next. ~