Maine native Hallie Twomey’s son CJ loved adventure, but he never got a chance to see the world before he took his life. To give him the chance at one last journey, Twomey set up a Facebook page asking strangers to help scatter his ashes around the world, and the response was overwhelming.
At his family’s request, CJ Twomey’s ashes have journeyed to 100 countries, and even into outer space...

How many of us have ever told someone they would do anything for them
That no matter how brave we are on the inside
We are but a shell on the outer
I too have fallen picked up my own beliefs in this world to better myself in knowing only that tomorrow is only going to get better
But what comes tomorrow when you have no yesterday?
All your feelings and memories are placed on a shelf and this memory to better yourself continues to starve what you could have become
How many of us continue to breathe to pick up the pieces of those that have hurt us and continue to know what's right and what's wrong
How many of us have shed tears for our loved ones passing and forget them just cause they're having a bad day
How many of us keep trying keep dying to get noticed and forget why we ever stopped believing in ourselves...
How many people have tried to find passion in a cold dead world
Where churches are built to honor the fallen
And as grave as you live your life your dreams do still matter even if no one hears or sees them come true
You live your life only to make things better time keeps slipping away and when you finally see the light you are reminded how deeply you have always felt
This pain inside made you realize how grateful you are to live...
But those that take their life and don't get to see their dreams come true...
You can keep up with what we've done to this world burning books filled with knowledge or you can turn those ashes into Diamonds
Each sparkling gem tells a story too
Those memories might not be pleasant but they keep a part of us that is alive worth holding onto
And we forget what we might have become and keep holding onto this greater dream
Knowing deep down we could have been this we could have been that
But you kept living because this gem that you are is only becoming ashes...
And when you reach out past all this madness all this pain that is filling your life with lies of how great a man you could have been
Is replaced with what could I have done to make his life better
Have I been a friend to you when you couldn't know what was wrong with me
I too have burned bridges to get to the other side
And in finding my own voice I learned to let go of what was hurting me
My name... Is shared with another who took his life
And I'm carrying on his same dream
Being a poet for others to hear my story
To Reach out from beyond the Heavens and help me thrive to continue the work I have put down so maybe one person amongst many millions could hear my voice for a long time more
I have put down my work cause I was selfish and foolish gave up on my own dreams
While our soldiers die and fight wars they want to get home to
Children to watch grow up and prosper, being who they want to be
Protecting our freedoms devoted to a flag that provides unity for all mankind
And in seeing our dreams shattered, are they fighting and dying for nothing
When all mankind ignores what we've been teaching each other
Is instead replaced with feelings of how could I continue to go on knowing I have been hurt...
We keep listening to brother and sister dying and shed tears for the other and forget they're just as human as the rest of us
How are we supposed to know any different
When all our memories are buried
And replaced with...
Ashes....

Thank you for sharing this... it's beautiful, thought provoking, and brought tears to my eyes.

River Spirit~ while it one of my better if not best pieces produced I should do more like that... was inspired by this poet on Jimmy Fallon last night and he had me stunned if I could do that or not? :)

Very beautiful thank you for sharing

How are you Queenie? :)

Hit my Inbox up if you'd like to talk it'll be a distraction from all these bots D:... about to pull the roots from my head ;)

wow!

I know man bots are annoying... :P

Thank you...

I'm good hope you are as well. Keep sharing we enjoy the post.

Yes, embrace your gift... it will be a blessing to others, and yourself as well. It really touched my heart and hit home with my own journey in life.

I hope you continue and thanks again for sharing.

This is now copyrighted and posted to LinkedIn... Thank you all for believing in me :).

Awesome! Best wishes to you!

River Spirit~ Idk if this would be of interest or not? Look up Capricorn tarot for the months of august and September... a lot of these readers are predicting some crazy stuff that happened to me... and what these readers are suggesting though a general reading is that Capricorn and it specically mentions Writers are about to hit a gold mine! So if I start finding this "love of my life and this big break" don't be surprised if the Mingle Admins have to question my identity if I'm the real deal or not? :P