Trees

Josh was 12 years old and loved walking through the forest. This day was like no other. As he walked through the forest, looking around at the wonderful trees, he realized this piece of rope dangling. It looked old and frayed as if it had been through some weather. He pulled. he pulled on the rope curiously, tugging to see what it was He did not know but as he kept continuing on he saw that the rope was on every single tree, but it wasn't the same rope They were similar and cut and size he kept walking along and didn't think anything of it, but then he realized I wonder what it means, but he decided that it wasn't really worth thinking about at the moment Then he went through this path he usually didn't go on the small dimly lit area of the forest as he trailed through the woods scuttering and scuttering he could hear more sounds He heard the wind blowing sounded like whispers of agony as he walked around He looked up at this one tree This one giant oak the mighty oak it had stood tall and strong seemed like it had been there for years It was old and sturdy this one recently looking rope was dangling the smell of flesh became really strong he didn't know what the smell was but it didn't smell great but like the curious person he was he continued on until he looked up again he saw this horribly deteriorating body At first she thought it was an animal but then realized it looked like a man He had learned about these things that have been going on recently in his community he didn't want to believe it but when he saw this he was so distraught he decided to bring the man down He took a wonderful hole put the man in it reverently filling it bit by bit he continued on Thinking to himself I feel so bad I should go collect some flowers from the meadow he went to the meadow and strolled through grabbing every wild flower he could find When he came back the thing was completely ready he put flowers in the top wrote unknown and then He bowed down to solemnly respect the person isn't it funny that when we're dead we are still given characteristics of being alive It seems that as humans we have this feeling of mortality that we project onto dead things as well Take a more to think if you've ever had a pet or a family member who's died did you project them as alive did you feel that they were still human did you talk about them in the present tense There's something psychologically that makes us feel complete when we do that It's a way of grieving in itself It's beautiful as humans that we can do that reverently respect whenever you go to a cemetery make sure to respect not only your family members and pets Weather It may be a person or thing or creature respect it because when it was alive you gave it respect so in its death honor it