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A Letter to the Grave
By Rattle_Spear
24 November 2005
When the time comes for crossing over, we are never alone...

Wayne,...CONFUSION REIGNS.
Why do I get the feeling you were not in that coffin?
Your aura was not in that place.
Judas Landman was on the mural against the wall.
Your photograph depicted you bearing my cross and chains?
I feel your spirit where I go now?
As if you were trying to tell me something?
I could feel the grief of most people there.
I had no grief...I could only feel joy?
Yes, my friend only you will know what your mission entails?
I am waiting for answers...Plenty of answers...
Be strong wherever you are now.
Know that there are a lot of people who love and miss you.
Let me know when you are ready to share your troubles?
I will remain vigilant and alert.
I can carry my own cross.
In the past it never hurt!

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Written by Alice (64 comments posted) 25th November 2005
I get the feeling that someone has a cross to bear in the spiritual sense, i.e., guilt. Your writing has a distinctive beat with it. It comes across as very powerful. Does the reference to crossing over have a double meaning here? 
 
Alice
The Thin Line
Written by Rattle_Spear (93 comments posted) 25th November 2005
Alice 
Yes, when crossing the thin grey line (between white & black) these rules apply to the spiritual world of John Edwards. 
I leave you with some more food for thought. :eek  
PS past = present.

Written by Alice (64 comments posted) 26th November 2005
When you put it like that, I suppose 'Where there's a will, there's a way.' 
Could you answer me why the narrator felt 'joy', and not grief like everyone else. Has revenge anything to do with it? You reap what you sow? 
 
Alice
Have faith
Written by Rattle_Spear (93 comments posted) 26th November 2005
Alice 
The narrator is the only one who knows that death is not the end but the beginning to something, maybe better, brighter & more rewarding. He at no stage took revenge on his friend. Hence the feeling of "joy" 
Sorry for the confusion. 
 
;)

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