I’d always heard your entire life lasts in front of
your eyes the second before you die.
First of all, that one second isn’t a second at all.
It stretches on forever, like an ocean of time.
For me, it was lying on my back at boy scout camp,
watching falling stars and yellow leaves from
the maple trees that land on the street; or my grand-
mother’s hands, and the way her skin seemed like
paper; and the first time I saw my cousin Tony's brand
new firebird. And Jenny, and Jenny… And Caroline…
I guess I could be pretty pestered off about what
happened to me, but it’s hard to stay mad when there
is so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like
I’m seeing it all at once, and it’s too much. My
heart feels like a balloon that’s about to burst. And
then I remember to relax, and stop trying hold on to it.
I’d always heard your entire life lasts in front of
your eyes the second before you die.
First of all, that one second isn’t a second at all.
It stretches on forever, like an ocean of time.
For me, it was lying on my back at boy scout camp,
watching falling stars and yellow leaves from
the maple trees that land on the street; or my grand-
mother’s hands, and the way her skin seemed like
paper; and the first time I saw my cousin Tony's brand
new firebird. And Jenny, and Jenny… And Caroline…
I guess I could be pretty pestered off about what
happened to me, but it’s hard to stay mad when there
is so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like
I’m seeing it all at once, and it’s too much. My
heart feels like a balloon that’s about to burst. And
then I remember to relax, and stop trying hold on to it.
