What do you think about this grave stone poem. I like it. Tell me if it gives you the chills.
Pardon me, as you pass by...
As you are now, so once was I.
As I am now, so you will be,
Prepare for death and follow me.
I walked passed that in a local cemetary. Maybe you've heard it before. It's on very old stones, but actually is not rare.
But it gave me the feeling, what the heck, this stone is talkin' to me.
Like the person under the stone is personally talking to you, cause they might have chosen it anyway, personally, and it is what they wanted to say.
And not just to their family! But just to anybody passing by.
I really like it.
2006-12-05 08:06:58 · 18 answers · asked by smoothsoullady 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
If you like it then I think you should use it...sooner rather than later. That way you'll have it before anyone else does.
2006-12-05 08:08:53 · answer #1 · answered by Glen Quagmire 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Lyrics from "Mary Jane" by Megadeth
Forgive me father for I have sinned
I'm a child of the air, I'm a witch of the wind
And I'm still wide awake... Mary Jane
From the earth, up through the trees
I can hear her calling me
Her voice rides on the breeze
Oh, it's haunting me
No, I can't get away
No, there's no escape
If I know I'm going crazy
I must not be insane
Chorus
Beware my friends, as you pass by
As you are now so once was I
As I am now so you must be
Prepare my friends to follow me
Forgive me father for I have sinned
I'm a child of the air, I'm a witch of the wind
Fingers gripped around my brain
No control, my mind is lame
I'm in the astral plane, and I'll never be the same
Never, never, never, never, never, never
Never, never, never
Repeat chorus
It hurts so bad I can't breathe
Prepare to follow me
2006-12-05 16:09:37 · answer #2 · answered by SLASH 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What helps most in dealing with the hard premonitory truth that this poem offers is the fact that I will be cremated, not buried. The idea of my body rotting through time in a box in the dirt is a disgusting image. I much prefer the idea of going up in a blaze of fire and smoke.
Still and all, we should all prepare for our deaths in our way.
2006-12-05 16:11:04 · answer #3 · answered by Clarkie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like it. but there really isn't very much to scare anyone. It sounds like the deceased was a kind of friendly person or maybe a joker whose family thought a lot of.
This does sound like a self expression of a person someone knew.
2006-12-05 16:11:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think of it as saying. Life is a journey and mine has come to an end and so your will eventually. Enjoy your time on this path and make the most of this homage you call life. I like it too.
2006-12-05 16:10:35 · answer #5 · answered by outahere122963 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I liked it very much. I also ran into that poem a few years ago in a grave yard in Mississippi.
2006-12-05 16:10:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pardon me for you are dead,
worms now crawl in what was once your head,
I'm alive and you are not,
think I'll leave you with that little thought,
I don't noo i'm just makin stuff up...and im not a poet.
2006-12-05 16:10:59 · answer #7 · answered by Nirvash 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've seen this in print, too. It sounds Victorian, doesn't it? They always had this admonitory note. Evrything was a learning experience.
2006-12-05 16:26:41 · answer #8 · answered by juditurc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it does not give me the chills, Its not my kind of Poem
But that does not mean its not good, its only what i think
May God bless you
2006-12-05 16:13:10 · answer #9 · answered by jan d 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What else do you do in your free time?
Pardon me, as you pass by...
In your life, do not cry
Give this world your best try
'Till the next world do you fly
2006-12-05 16:09:52 · answer #10 · answered by Mark 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋