I am feeling a bit in shock while writing this, although we all fear the worst, the shock is always unnerving. Sadly, during a early morning/late night race in Chicago, an alleycat racer named Matthew Manger-Lynch met his untimely passing while crossing a very dangerous intersection during a red light. His death this Sunday has sparked an inferno of talk that has been itching to set for some time now as well as the mourning from a worldwide community that feels every loss as one of their very own, Matthew was one of our own. He might have never seen a day of work in the streets, but he knew of the feeling stamped in him from racing the city streets with friends willing to share every bit of it with him, unfortunately we are all sharing the worst of it now. Love of any kind is a dangerous thing, it can push man to the brink of destruction then whisper of greater things just beyond that inch. We have our passions for a reason, we push because that is our way of life, our way of dealing with the catastrophe that is associated with this thing we call a life. After reading a good bit about his life i can say with confidence that i believe he was a person that didn’t stop with just being good, he excelled to be great, to improve on his wildest imaginations so as to turn them into the reality of his life. Love is not without it’s downfalls but to constrict the freedom to love would be to kill a bit in all of us. A few months back, i had a very close friend of mine pass… he was one of the most beautiful people i had ever met, an artist and an animal, a thinker and protagonist. He left us all way too early, but I know that the last thing he would have wanted for me would be to slow down on his account. He was much like Matthew, never settling, uncompromising of himself, we cannot change what happened that morning, we can only look back and take in the true meaning behind his death, which ever way you want to take it is your own opinion, but in my eyes… all we can do is grieve for everyone’s loss and do what we think is right, take care of those in need right now then continue doing what we need to do, what we want to do, what we love… whatever it may be, wherever it may lead.
Matthew Manger Lynch(1978-2008)
Our thoughts and compassion go to those close to him.
