Collier Todd Hageman. Gonzo Existentialism.

Hunter S. Thompson's Gonzo Journalism used his stream-of-consciousness musings,ramblings,and ravings to define a larger truth that mere facts didn't keep him from telling, and that he was an integral part of. Herein are a few of my musings,ramblings, and ravings, open for your interpretation and entertainment. This is my "Gonzo Existence". I hope it interests you, and makes you think and laugh at this crazy, wonderful, frightening, hilarious, beautiful world.

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Absentia by Collier Todd Hageman

My mind wanders back
Over all of the faces
My follies, their fates
And so many graces

Every one is a story
With tears and with laughter
Etched in my heart
Here ever after

The embraces, the silence
The taking, the giving
Losing and finding
All part of our living

Our peaks and our valleys
Our oceans, our shore
Sharing the journey
Now nevermore

All my denial
All our insistence
All of our closeness
All of our distance

Why we gave in
How we resisted
How hard the struggle
And how earned your rest is

When the party is over
And I knock on that door
The way will be brighter
Because they went before

This is my time

And I have loved

I am alive.

-- TH 5/8/2013

2 comments:

AnonymousMay 11, 2013 at 8:42 PM
This moved me. These should be song lyrics!
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AnonymousOctober 7, 2013 at 6:41 PM
Simple words, yet profound and moving. I'm reminded of the quote by Einstein: "Simplicity of character is the natural result of profound thought." Will Collier publish a volume of his poetry? He should, if they are like this.
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