The Funeral (729 hits)
Category: Quotes & StoriesRating: 0.73 on 11 reviews (Rate this item) (V)
Submitted by Enter The Midnight (View user info) at 2005-02-02 01:15:17 EST
I found myself walking down the aisle of a funeral home, the dark magenta carpet sweeping down the aisle to the open casket at the front. None of the mourners even looked up at me, which I thought strange, considering that I had seemingly walked into the room in the midst of the eulogy. There were people I knew--friends, some of whom I hadn't seen in years, relatives, even my siblings and parents were at the front.
Whose funeral had I not been informed of that had drawn so many people? I came to the front, and the presiding pastor did not even glance my direction; instead he cast his mournful eyes across the mourners and continued reading about the quiet life the man had led. I moved slowly to the casket, and gazed upon the face. It was my own.
Suddenly I woke up and sat bolt upright in bed. "One of those dreams," I muttered, and realized all the lights in my room were on. My eyes focused, and I gazed upon the funeral home again--only this time, the entire room was thunderstruck, some mortified. I shook my head, unbelieving. "What? This can't be!" It was the same scene indeed, only this time I was awake, and half my body was covered by the lower lid of the casket. I brushed the flower petals off my lap. "Is this some kind of sick joke?"
"No my son," responded the pastor, and the mourners seemed less fearful for some reason. "You are dead...but so are all of us. This is the beginning of your everlasting funeral."
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Submitted by Sherman (user info) at 2005-02-24 01:24:30 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
No Comment
Submitted by williamson (user info) at 2005-02-15 02:12:21 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
This is UberWAR
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2005-02-02 10:23:51 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I liked this.
Submitted by Dervel (user info) at 2005-02-02 07:00:28 EST (#)
Ranking: -1
This was poor.
The second paragraph was horrible to read:
"Whose funeral had I not been informed of that had drawn so many people? I came to the front, and the presiding pastor did not even glance my direction; instead he cast his mournful eyes across the mourners"
You could really do with a thesaurus.
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2005-02-02 06:32:04 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
yeah, good one
Submitted by Joemama (user info) at 2005-02-02 04:58:00 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
I read dead people
Submitted by Demolocke (user info) at 2005-02-02 03:13:43 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
This was really cool.
Submitted by Banga3386 (user info) at 2005-02-02 03:08:38 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I really like where this is going, I hope this becomes a series, maybe a mini-series, or a semi-series, a partial series, possibly even a quasi-series. In any case I hope this continues. Godspeed young warrior.
Banga
Submitted by Tom (user info) at 2005-02-02 01:56:23 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by earth_collapse (user info) at 2005-02-02 01:24:20 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Heh, weird.
Submitted by Sassmasterr (user info) at 2005-02-02 01:20:39 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
now i have the lyrics to "the neverending story" going through my head...thanks