Long live the king
The king is dead.
What’s left is a legacy
An education in preservation
and naivety.
A loss so sobering
Dreading the binge
The fallout
The personal and collective self realisation
Another dead hero
admired by all who knew him
and those that didn’t.
A beacon on the hill,
An example of the here and now.
A reference point.
Quintessential
A zoo keeper with the world in his hands.
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A master of communication with all living beings, Steve Irwin tapped in to the collective conscious at such a high level. This explains why he was always buzzing off of his head. It also helps explains his quick witt both in conversation and in his work both as a documentary film-maker and animal husbandrist. His ability to read an animals energy and predict its movements and communicate with animals in all manner of ways, would have seen him vibrating at an incredibly high rate.
Fear has gripped the hearts of many with the passing of our Steve Irwin.
Fear that comes naturally with realisation. The realisation that we have to pick up the ball and run with it ourselves, for everything that we know is right.
The same week the Croc Hunter passed away, another beloved Australian hero, The King of the Mountain, racing legend Peter Brock was also tragically killed in the line of duty, behind the wheel of his famed 05 racing number.
I found it hard to mourn for Brocky for a couple of reasons, that i couldn’t just put my finger on at first.
Then it struck me , why there was a marked difference in the depth of emotional outpouring and mourning between the King of the Mountain and the King of Conservation.
Nobility of their causes.
Peter was an Aussie racing car driver, Steve was a conservationist of global proportions.
In a time where the environment is at the forefront of many an Australians mind and petrol prices are the bain of our collective and individual budgets, it’s not hard to see how the conservationist is missed more than the glutton (ie/ natural resources).
I see both deaths as tragic, timely reminders of where we are in our evolution. We must act accordingly moving more and more towards eco-friendly energy sources.
Long Live the King - The King is Dead
R.I.P Steve Irwin
R.I.P Peter Brock
Untill we meet again,
TKF
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