Dedicated to my Father

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by HighSchoolDeathParty

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"I have seen the rise and fall of nations. I have seen the landscapes change. I have been there at the ends of all men, great and small. I have existed since time immemorial... but I have never seen anything as amazing as you."

Dedicated to John T. Garner.

I'm not normally one to do these kinds of things and in retrospect, maybe it's uncouth to pay tribute to someone's death with Death, himself... but for me, it's appropriate as Ridley's father and my father have always been connected, in terms of inspiration. Not that my father was anything like the Grim Reaper, if anything, I patterned the character after what I wanted in a father. Attentive, supportive, loving... all the things I felt I lacked in my own parental figure. Sad isn't it? When you have to make the Grim Reaper the ideal father for yourself?

That's not to say that I had a bad father. We were just never close. At best, we were strangers that knew each other well. He was distant and inattentive. I didn't have a father, so much as a 24-hour preacher, who was more engrossed in the matters of arguments over the color of the carpet in the church, then his own children's problems and while I knew he loved me, there was always an insurmountable gap between us... on that I haphazardly bridged, by way of my writing.

I have never feared death. It is a natural part of life, fickle though it may be. Recently, as you may have read, my father had a heart attack. It's funny to consider that only a matter of weeks ago, he was at my house and perfectly fine... and yet despite the distance that was always between us; whether it be religious views or an inability to understand each other, it's so weird to think that he's gone.

I'm not sure what actually happens when we die, but I hope you lived the life you wanted, dad. One that went with a 'DON' and passed without regrets. I love you... you'll always be my huckleberry.

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Type: Picture/Pinup

Published: 4 years, 4 months ago

Rating: General

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