Decatur Cemetery

Jun 2022

Very nice place to walk and think.Some of the graves speak of some evil people. Freemasons demanding not to be seen again. So there is alot of history at these graves sites. Even men and women that were killed as science experiments. So I could feel dark energy or angry energy especially later at night but during the day it's a nice place to do your own thing. I like the place it's not bad.

Apr 2021

This is a popular place to exercise it seems. There's a lot of rolling hills. People were playing fetch with their dogs among the graves which I think is kinda disrespectful, if not asking to be haunted, but you do you. You can drive your car in and park to the side of the road, considerately. I rode my bike through the paths which was peaceful. It's also a nice place to watch the sun set. There's a few geocaches here if you're into that. Obviously, there's super old historical graves as well. Anyway, if you like Oakland Cemetery, you should check the Decatur Cemetery out.

Mar 2021

[March 11, 2021, 6:30pm] "Here lies Richard "Dick" Bronson 'Don't try.' June 5, 1990 - June 6, 2020" "That's crazy. Didn't think I'd see that today." I decided to get out of my house because I'm tired of staying indoors during this pandemic, but who isn't at this point. [it's been 11 and 1/2 months so far.] "Not everyday you get to see your gravestone, you okay, dude?" My friend Rory, and I decided it would be a nice change of pace to drink in a graveyard instead of meeting at each other's house to pass the time. I stare at the slab in front of me, confused but at peace, maybe someone else has the exact life I've lived until this point, which is cool, but kind of disheartening. I'm not mad, just confused. "Let's head on down to the steam that cuts through the back part of the cemetery." We have a cocktail and a few beers to share maybe that will un-shake me from this waking nightmare.[1] We hike to the back half if the cemetery to a spot out of the way of the general population, so we can get our drink on. Have both suffered losses in the past year, it only poignant that we celebrate among the dead, even if our fate is already laid out in front of us. "Dude! Look at this f****** ramp! I can't wait to hit it on my bike when my rib fully heals!" Some kids are here riding bikes and hanging out like we have before years ago. We March on to our spot and pop a bottle in celebration. "To our lost one, may we find them in the afterlife."[2] I pour out a cocktail for us to celebrate and get our minds off the shit-show that has been the past year of our life's. But it seems as if fate has other plans for us, even if we are trying to favour ourselves. [clink] I take a pull from my flask while Rory drinks from his tumbler. "I can't help but feel the icy cold grip of entropy still had a grasp on this heat of mine, and I don't think I will ever feel that release." "Yeah, I feel that." I'm sure he does but I can't help but feel like mine is worse." [see opening] We b******* for a while enjoying to cocktail I made, and decide to pop a bottle of beer open that I've been sitting on for 5 years now, the floral aroma reminds me that I have no choice to except my fate. "I know this will pass but when does the end stop ending and the the next part of my life truly begin?" "I don't know man, it's not like you're gonna pass tomorrow or anything." [see opening] "I guess your right." It has been nine months from the date I saw earlier. "But I just can't help of feel this way." "Sucks man." He's always had a way with words. We finish one beer and open the next one, knowing that this could be our last, but who cares, the moment is all that matters right? "Too the one we care about, but are gone from this life we live, Congratulations!" I raise my glass to the sky as I burp up some of the booze we had earlier, knowing the stomach acid is wearing away at my soul. "Do you ever feel like you life is being written right before you, like an author is writing this drama/comedy of the universe right before your eyes?" the past year of my life had felt completely out of my control, but I've accepted that some things in this world I can't change. "The past 5 years of my life has felt like a blur, and had felt like a train slowly going off to rails; slowly destroying everything in front of itself. But I've emerged from it unscathed. [see opening] "I've gotten this far in life, I feel like I can push forward just a little bit more. Even if it feel like this current experience is killing me." [see opening] "Man, that grave stone really shook you. You sure you're okay?" Rory's doing his best to keep me grounded. "Im good, it's not like I'm buried over there."[3] As the night begins to fall we break down