Day: July 27, 2025

Sitting in a vibrant forest
song birds singing in the trees,
squirrels scampering on the ground,
I felt the spinning of the planet.
I heard the eternal hum of the cosmos.
I saw mysteries of which I cannot speak.
I felt a oneness with all things.
I experienced an incomparable bliss.
For a moment, I felt like a god among men.
Then the extraordinary experience passed,
and I was just another mere mortal
sitting on a rock in a teeming forest.

Bob Boyd

Tim was fated with physical and mental
health disabilities, which often made me
wonder why did a nice guy like him have
to suffer with dual disabilities when I and
others didn’t have to. The unfairness
always bothered me, and I’ve wondered
why in this world some suffer far more
than others. I cannot accept the theory
that its deserved bad karma, those
suffering people getting their just due.
I cannot accept that those unfortunate
people have those inflictions for a
greater purpose. I think it’s all random,
the good or bad luck of the draw.

Bob Boyd

Science has no proof of an afterlife
and when you’re dead that may be
the complete end of your existence.
Just as it doesn’t seem like an
insect would have an afterlife, maybe
it’s the same for human beings.
People who have been dead and
come back to life have inspiring
accounts of something more, tunnel
of light, life reviews, unconditional
love, mystical experiences, angels,
heaven, peace, bliss, love, et cetera.
These may be just caused by other
factors related to the brain shutting
down, running out of oxygen and
hallucinations that cause artificial
spiritual and afterlife experiences.
At 80 years of age, I’ve come to a
place where I don’t care if there’s
nothing there when you die, if all
that was you is obliterated forever.

Bob Boyd

She was popular in high school
a quite pretty and studious girl.
She joined the drama club and
found her passion in her life.
After high school, she moved
to Hollywood intent on being a
movie star.
After years of trying, she got
a role in a comedy movie with
famous actors, and it seemed
her career was on its way.
But she never had a decent role
after that, and in her forties
became a secretary for an
insurance company to make
a living at a job she didn’t like.
She failed in her life’s ambition.
Deep depression set in, and
sadly, she took her life, her
dead dreams too much to bear.

Bob Boyd