December 24, 2011

• Loss and reflection. (Ain’t No Reason cover)

  Two guys I knew from high school passed away unexpectedly this week. One of them, Hao Huynh, was the brother of a friend that I have known since elementary school. Hao was a couple years older than I was, and I looked up to him growing up. He always seemed so smart and capable… one of the guys who would definitely make it far. I don’t think I ever told him that — it can be difficult to find a suitable context to share those things between guys sometimes, I suppose.

  It saddens me to see the permanence of loss and the abruptness of his departure. It is a grave reminder that nobody can ever foresee all the possibilities.

  That, and sometimes life sucks.

   

   

   

  “I got a basket full of lemons and they all taste the same,
  A window and a pigeon with a broken wing,
  You can spend your whole life workin’ for something,
  Just to have it taken away.
  People walk around pushing back their debts,
  Wearing pay checks like necklaces and bracelets,
  Talking ‘bout nothing, not thinking ‘bout death,
  Every little heartbeat, every little breath.”

  -Brett Dennen

   

  -b.

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