"Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light."
-Dylan Thomas
Death.
As I said on Sunday, I went to Church. I do not go to Church often because I don't believe in RELIGION. I believe in GOD. And that is a WHOLE DIFFERENT BLOG... I'm not going to argue religion here. Here we will talk about a sermon I heard on Easter. Here I will talk about three ways or CHOICES I learned to deal with DEATH.
RAGE. RESIGNATION. RELIANCE.
RAGE. In the above poem by Dylan Thomas, the poet tells his father... He tells US ALL... to RAGE, RAGE against DEATH. He says not to be gentle about it. He is telling us to NEVER GIVE UP. HE is saying that you should FIGHT with your last breath against DEATH.
I also have the feeling that Mr. Thomas was ANGRY. He was RAGING AGAINST his FATHER'S death. He fought for his father's life. He desperately wanted his Father TO LIVE, to BURN and RAGE. He does not... He did not want his father to DIE.
Does this poem resonate with you?
Or...
RESIGNATION. No matter what age, creed, color, sexual orientation, education, social standing... No matter where you live or what you've done with your life... ONE DAY YOU WILL DIE. So why fight it? Live or die? What does it matter? People die everyday.
Give up?
What about RELIANCE?
Now I could talk about the reliance in GOD that the Pastor from Church on Easter talked about... I'M NOT. I wanna talk about the TANGIBLE. Death is inevitable. We don't know when it's gonna happen but we know it will happen one day. Why be afraid of the ONE THING in life that is RELIABLE? RELY in the FACT the YOU... YES YOU... will LIVE YOUR LIFE to THE BEST and FULLEST.
RELY on LIFE. RELY on YOUR SELF. RELY ON YOUR FAMILY. RELY ON LOVE. As death happens, LET LOVE STRENGTHEN.
I am going to leave you with one more poem from Mr. Thomas. Read it and take from it what you will. I think the Poet is saying that no matter what "DEATH shall have no dominion" if you have LIVED.
"And death shall have no dominion.
Dead men naked they shall be one
With the man in the wind and the west moon;
When their bones are picked clean and the clean bones gone,
They shall have stars at elbow and foot;
Though they go mad they shall be sane,
Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again;
Though lovers be lost love shall not;
And death shall have no dominion.
And death shall have no dominion.
Under the windings of the sea
They lying long shall not die windily;
Twisting on racks when sinews give way,
Strapped to a wheel, yet they shall not break;
Faith in their hands shall snap in two,
And the unicorn evils run them through;
Split all ends up they shan’t crack;
And death shall have no dominion.
And death shall have no dominion.
No more may gulls cry at their ears
Or waves break loud on the seashores;
Where blew a flower may a flower no more
Lift its head to the blows of the rain;
Though they be mad and dead as nails,
Heads of the characters hammer through daisies;
Break in the sun till the sun breaks down,
And death shall have no dominion."
-Dylan Thomas
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