Death pulls people from our spaces so often and we accept it as our final payment for having been here and having lived, however big or small. We dont always have time to notice how things have changed in the absence of some of them. But then death pulls away someone we love, and we find that time. In here, we notice everything; growing grass and fingernails, and songs that end in a minor key. We are too sad to do anything else but watch a clock, applying seconds, minutes, and hours to the trauma and the lacerations. Time, the forever healer, they say. We find the time to wonder how everyone else is moving on, around our paralyzed selves. Ourselves unsure of roads and trees and birds and things. It all blurs and words arent words anymore. We find the time to attempt to figure a way to rethink everything we thought about this world and why we came to it.
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About Darnell Lamont Walker
Darnell Lamont Walker was a contemporary American writer, death doula, director and producer. Darnell Lamont Walker is an American writer, director, and producer. He directed and produced social impact documentaries, including Seeking Asylum, Outside the House, and Set Yourself on Fire, which have screened at various film festivals. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Death — Contemplations on mortality, loss, and the legacy we leave