"The Beat Goes On!"
Written on March 4th, 2022
By Richard and Jason Smrkovsky
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'Once I had a dream...
'Once upon a time I had a dream.
'I had a dream of you!'
'And, there was nothing on Earth stopping me from you!'
...
'It was 1962.'
'I was a child of eight years old.'
'And, I was very impressed!'
'Yes!'
'Of a movie about a man on a quest!'
'And, if I may continue and express?'
'I was so impressed as I watched and I yearned!'
...
"Jason and the Argonauts"
( A1963 fantasy/fantasy)
'It cost $3 million to create.
Basically a fictional story about a Greek hero in search of Life!'
'Yes!'
'In search of "The Golden Fleece!
(To say the least!)
...
'The movie impressed me very much, as I watched it from the Pitman movie theater balcony.'
...
'Two decades would pass and that thought in my mind?'
'Yes, though then vague would still last!'

****

'On March 31st, 2003.'
'Yes, it's now still only Eighteen years ago but quickly approaching Nineteen.'

Note: 'Sometimes things will happen that we cannot change and that we cannot control!'
'We may not understand it and we may not want to accept it but that is Destiny and Fate.'
...
'They say...
"Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust?"
"Blood on the Promenade!"
'And, Life moves on!'
'As it shall and as it must!'
...
'When I think back at that moment in time?'
'No thoughts of Church bells ring in my now trapped mind.'
'I think of a car driven carelessly and recklessly.'
"Fast and Furiously!"
...
'Yes, and I think of a 17-year-old Disturbed child at the wheel.'
(God am I doing this is this real?)
'Who has no idea what is right, wrong, or real?
...
"Fast and Furious!"
'Unfortunately, for me and my family.'
'Yes, was a movie created at that same time.'
'That's all that we would say!'
'But on April 1st, 2003.'
(April Fool's Day)
'My only 18-year-old Jason would be suddenly but not mysteriously taken away!'
...
'Dad can you hear me?'
'Dad what is happening to me?'
'I don't even remember what happened or my own name!'
'It's as if I'm spinning constantly in a circle, of blurriness that's insane!'
'Am I Alive or am I Dead?'
'Visions of Sugar plums dancing now in my head?'
...
Note: 'Seventeen hours has now passed.'
'But when I think back in time
to March 31st, 2003.'
(at 8:30 p.m.)
Amen.
...
'Yes, they extracted the driver Brian Cole.'
(But not first)
'With, "The Jaws of Life"
'But unfortunately right before that.'
'A Stafford Township Fireman, covered my only son.'
'While on the outside of the Ford Mustang.'
'Another one smashed the window.'
'And, pulled my lifeless son Jason's limp body out of the coffin.'
'And, loaded both young men in a helicopter.'
'Jason would experience his first and only Heart-Attack on the way.'
...
'And, Yes this all happened.'
"Fast and Furiously"
'And, yes this was a date that will go down in history.'
'A date with Destiny and Fate.'
...
Note: 'Unfortunately due to the severity of Jason's injuries.'
'Right after the incident within the Coffin.'
(A Ford Mustang convertible)
'Yes, that was previously owned and raced, professionally by an adult driver.'
(Atco Raceway in Atco, New Jersey)
...
Warning!
Graphic!
'Jason was now and had been in a very deep coma since the accident.'
'His 250 lb.'
"Lifeless Body"
'Yes, was now not His.'
'As the machines were doing the job to keep him alive.'
'Thousands of dollars of medication for the swelling.'
'All to know avail?'
...
'A surgeon was called in and then he performed a brief procedure.'
'Where they tapped my son's skull to relieve the pressure to no avail!'
'And yes, his blood oxygen level was now listed as zero.'
...
'So in closing on March 31st, 2003.' 'The State of New Jersey listed Jason as deceased due to massive injuries and "Brain Death"
...
'They say that,
"What Will Be Will Be"
'And the future?'
'Yes, is not ours to see but is there "Life after Death?"
'Even when the Heart beats no longer inside?'
...
Warning!
Graphic!
During this long Nightmare.'
'I noticed that my son now?'
'Unfortunately had umbilical fluid coming out of his ears.'
'I couldn't stop crying!'
Yes in and out of that Tomb of Gloom!'
'Even the head nurse couldn't go in there any longer to attend to my son.'
'So, my 27-year-old daughter Nicole took over.'
...
'As the machines continue to do their job.'
'But the question is?'
'Is there Yes!'
"Life After Death?"
'When the Heart beats no longer?'
'And, there's only one very last breath?'
...
'Jason was now "Raccooned"
'Which basically means his eyes were swollen, closed, and Black and Blue!'
'As if he was in a prize fight!'
'Yes, a fight for his *Life!'

Approximate Word Count: 840.