R.I.P., Leonard Nimoy

[eldritchhobbit]

R.I.P., Leonard Nimoy (March 26, 1931 - February 27, 2015).

I have no words.

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[jan_u_wine]

there really are no words. Sadness.

[eldritchhobbit]

:(

a perfect memory

[jan_u_wine]

You don't know
when you get up in the
morning.....

and the air is sun-sweet
or maybe grey-fogged....

you don't know
that all around you

there are people
being born

and people
dying.

Maybe even people you love.

Maybe they are drawing their last breath,
maybe their eyes are looking at their family,
just....one....more.....moment......

maybe they are seeing, in memory,
every joy they knew,

every sorrow, sharp as a knife.

For us,
who welcome or farewell them,

it is a singular moment.

It is beauty,
it is the thing that makes us
human,

this 'hello-ing' and 'good-bye-ing'.

Let us love one another,
the known and the unknown,

the just-born and the all-too-soon departed.

Let us love one another.

And remember.

Let us remember,
perfectly.

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A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP ~ Leonard Nimoy's final tweet.

Re: a perfect memory

[eldritchhobbit]

Oh, I'm in tears. This is so beautiful. "the thing that makes us human" <- THIS! Absolutely gorgeous.

I love how you bring us to this, what to do about being human:

"Let us love one another,
the known and the unknown,

the just-born and the all-too-soon departed."

Perfection. Thank you so much for sharing this.

[whswhs]

We've lost the man who defined what it was to be an alien for a whole generation.

[eldritchhobbit]

Well said indeed!

[denorios]

So so sad. I'm just in shock. Somehow I never thought he'd die, not Spock, he'd go on forever...

[eldritchhobbit]

I know exactly what you mean. :(

[unovis]

I never thought he'd die. I'm so sorry to hear this.

[eldritchhobbit]

:(

[lizziebelle]

I was afraid this would happen when I saw the other day that he was in the hospital. What a loss.

[eldritchhobbit]

:(