dying beautifully

Gukira is an incredibly inspiring writer. Here is his stunning post on a beautiful death!


You will be told the death was staged: humans do not die that way, blood does not move like that, limbs do not separate from bodies so easily, headless bodies appear only in fantastic stories, children do not die, explosives do not sound like that, sand does not interact that way with blood, a dead hand cannot possibly pose that way, real tears are never so eloquent, real men don’t cry, and only fools die when the sun is shining.

You will be told that war is glorious hues of color pinned on a hero’s chest, newly-composed marches that energize tramping feet, a light display more elegant than fireworks and more sublime than shooting stars, a muse that inspires empire-building epics, an endless source of scripts for global blockbusters, a necessary economy boost, a book that is unputdownable.

Walking into an art exhibition, you will be told about the new…

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Published by Mara Menzies Storyteller

I am a full time storyteller based in Scotland and deeply passionate about the power stories have on us. I find, create and share stories to audiences all over the world. I train in storytelling techniques, providing ways for different people to find their own unique way of telling a story.

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