My Impending Death - Bodine's Spoken Word

[BigPrairieDude]

Loves imbues the soul everywhere

with the same energy

and however it is expressed

all together, those bright liquid sparks,

that ripple and glow in the dark

become a vast growing sea

through space, and by the end of time

shall fill the Universe with Light.

[Alexknobsob]

God appreciates Silence, No Drummers, a Bigger Beard, No Organs and No You. Such and idea of Suchness! She's got to be kidding!!!

[sliprydick]

are you by any chance into theoretical physics?

[Rhonda9]

Deep and foreboding.

[suuzzee5]

Another brilliant video...is that the only kind you can do? lol

The Celts have a good way of describing the afterlife...they say that after we die, we exist just on the other side of the air. Always did like the thought of that...

[dubiousgansta]

A most foreboding poem indeed, only those that have kissed the doors of death may be so bold, a vague contemplation at best, by those that fear their own mortality only too late...By those that view their lives as nothing more than a dusty book that will be read by those that would rationalize the few that may impart that lurid recognition...UR life begain before UR birth...Revel in it now, for it will be gone soon, with no 1 to answer too but yourself.

[DieselBodine]

Gadzooks, Bro D.! I only regret that I have but one life to give... for my wazoo. Hmmm. Almost 3 AM. No wonder I'm talking like a nincompoop!

[useryug]

That's so sweet.

[DieselBodine]

Hello Sir Barry.  Sweet? LOL!

[desertlight]

As I nod off in my relentless motion toward the unsustainable while doubting the mythologies of the ages, I look outward through the visions brought back by eyed mechanical beings created in the likeness of their creators. Giant catastrophies in galactic dust, forces beyond comprehension with awe-inspiring visage and beauty. Yet, above the infinitesmal there is a consistent and dependable structure more reliable than mankind.

[desertlight]

Perhaps this speaks more eloquently of an organizing force than do continually warring humans who honor competition as they claim descendence from the one and only "real" God. Dreams of rapture and fear of the ever-burning fire, hoping it will torture their self-made enemies. Torture as an eternal principle? How low can mankind bring the universe in it's own image?

There are only two expressions possible in the impending - glorious expansion beyond religious comprehension, or nothingness.

[DieselBodine]

Holy smokes, Laurence! Your mind has been functioning in ultra-drive velocity!

[DieselBodine]

Thank-you, Coz-Girl.  8-)

[debswildhoney]

Great piece. Something I think we can all relate with, at least I can. The music set a mood I have felt when thinking on these things. A cliche seems absurd in response to deep art but I will say it as a form of shorthand as I get back to my lessons, "Now is the present". Your creativity matters and will resound.

[DieselBodine]

Hello Deb. What we create in life, if given the opportunity, will outlive us. So much of what we have comes from that exact source. People created, and as all do... they died. The more we create, the more we add to that depository of things for people to explore... potentially even after we die.

[Jazzguts]

Good contemplation, the inescapable my friend, just live your life, at least that we have in our hands to certain extent,what lies beyond, nobody ever came back to tell me, yeah maybe our "Time-machine" that we so often spoke off will give the answer,LOL,greets Vic.

[DieselBodine]

Hello Vic. Your ''just live your life'' comment is one of the underlying thoughts behind my monologue. ''What will be... will be.''

[elviradark6]

i closed my eyes and your spoken words, takes me to another level...;)

[DieselBodine]

Wow, elvira... that's a nice response. 8-)

[flophousepoodle]

Art lasts. (wewe)

[DieselBodine]

Hi FlopperBuddy. This video seems to be too ''heavy'' for VloggerHeads. I thought it was just a contemplation, though with spooky music to set a certain tone. I figure since no one, but you, Commented on it on VloggerHeads, that either some brooding contemplation is either not welcome in a more frivolous setting, or people think maybe I'm actually dying and they couldn't care less.

LOL & 8-)

[SqwishTV]

This was excellent, Scott! I love the still image of the pensive Dr. Bodine at the end. Hope to see you on the 'other side' someday, but not too soon, my friend...

[DieselBodine]

Thanks Brother Jeff. Thoughts for lifelong contemplation.

[HuggableAngel]

WOW Uncle Bodine WoW... ironic i can relate to this so much at this point in my life too ...

For recognition is an activity

in the minds of the living

and the emptiness of Eternity from whence we came

is our reward for unjustified expectations

and hopes... and dreams.

5/5 and favourited .. its soul renching

HUGS Terri xx

[DieselBodine]

Hugs, Terri, are always a good thing, even if Eternity fails us.

[CousinoMacul]

Another great poem Scott!

[DieselBodine]

Thanks, Javier. It was time for something new.

[Loreleila]

Great poem Scott, and a very atmospheric presentation.

[DieselBodine]

Thanks, Bardess Cathy. 8-)

[dashpoet]

A great contemplation; fitting music.

[DieselBodine]

Thank-you, dashpoet. 8-)

[RowanFortuneWood]

Thank you for entering this in the competition and supporting freedom of speech. I love the atmosphere of this poem, really excellent.

[DieselBodine]

You're welcome, RowanFortuneWood. Glad you liked it. 8-)

[HumanTruth0000]

Great. Thanks.

"spark falls dim"

"joyful rays of hope"

Those lines are good to me. For why, I cannot say.

[DieselBodine]

Hello, HumanTruth. Thanks for your visit! 8-)

[mettanc]

since birth we all have been in a slow death.

michael

[CousinoMacul]

This is true. But consider that virtually every cell that was in "your body" at "your birth" has since died and been replaced.  One could say that "you" have already died many times over.

[mettanc]

small deaths indeed.

[DieselBodine]

Hello Javier. Luckily, we function as an organism not dependent on the life of just a single cell... except at conception, that is... when we are a single cell for a short period of time.

[DieselBodine]

Hello Michael. I think though our cells are always dying, the fact that in our youth we are increasing in size shows that our living elements far surpass the dying elements for that portion of our lives, then we balance off and finally the dying part of us takes over.

[windham666]

geez bodine hope yer not quite to the very very last page not yet anyway!

[DieselBodine]

Hello windham. I hope there's a few more chapters left, too.

[Largo64]

Oh, I also meant to ask, was that your music in the background? You've done some really good "serious" music on YouTube already, so I wouldn't be surprised.

[DieselBodine]

Yes, Larry. It's a short piece I wrote called ''Rapport Of The Dead.''

[Largo64]

Fine, if morose work, Scott. But aren't you too young for such "eschatology"?

[DieselBodine]

Thanks, Larry. I'm older than you think... perhaps?

[DavidRandallCurtis]

Great stuff Diesel! 5*

[DieselBodine]

Thanks, Dave.  Is this too ''way out there'' for that contest?

[DavidRandallCurtis]

Diesel: This would fit into the contest fine - just attach it to Rowan's vid... they just want poems that deal with either religion and/or censorship in either a funny or serious way; look at some of the others people have posted... this is fine... also, you can enter as many times as you want so if you have old video spoken word that deals with religion you can post those to.... go for it!