The Perishing

by Natashia Deón

There is something on the other side of this life, and your belief is not its validation. Is not the missing ingredient.

A life that begins after we’ve grayed from old age and death, after our skin and bones have crumbled, after we’ve snuggled down into the rainbow powder of stardust and deeply inhaled its perfumes.

And then in that moment, our ghosts, with all of the impressions from this life, will thin to nonexistence and we will become ourselves again. Our best versions. Living the consequences of only our best choices, greatest experiences, with our greatest loves and friendships, even the animals and places we’ve loved.

Perfect with our imperfections because they are, after all, only our personal bes...

self has always been our most persuasive adversary. And at that moment of doubt, with the memory of our humanity reawakening within us, we’ll have to choose. Whether to give in to our old patterns and the past this time. Or be transformed.