Spirit

There once was a boy that I knew, he wasn't too bright yet he wasn't too slow either, he was as simple as simple can be. He didn't laugh much and only cried here and there, yet as far as I can remember, he was a fairly decent lad.

He had a few friends. No one played with him much but he didn't mind. Somehow, he always found things to occupy himself with. I recalled his dad once gave him this stuffed animal. It was a teddy bear of sort, or was that a dog? I should have asked him to re-examine the beast.

The boy never threw a fit, he didn't know how, but I remembered when he did cry, and that only happened when he was terribly, terribly sad. As he got older, he did some really naughty things, he never felt the need to justify himself though, because he thought he wasn't hurting anyone really... Or was he?

As a young adult, he was never too exciting. But he was content. He knew that life was good, even with all the things that went on around the world and back, it never occurred to him that life was ever bad - EVER! The thought of that alone would be ludicrous! He was happy, he was sad, but he never cared too much about either one!

He [thought that he] fell in love and then he was out of it. He hated the ones he loved, because why would he give a shit to the people that he didn't care about anyway! Would you? *He never 'hated' anyone or anything really, but I just thought it would be neat to use the word together with 'loved' in the same sentence!* Everyone called him a crybaby! Then years later, he fell in love again, and this time, it was for real. And as real as real can be.

His entire life he was always so melancholy... Maybe it was a blessing? Maybe because it was the sunny weather?!? He thought about life frequent and frequently because that's all he could ever think about. He had his whole world in his head.

Years passed and seasons gone by and by... When he was still alive, I remembered him telling me again and again: "I lived a good life!" Many people do indeed, but not too many people realize it - truly.

He was a good man, and I think I miss him.

Posted by robert at January 6, 2005 02:44 AM