"Michael"

[jenny_grrl]

My roommate had just left our room. I finally had a few moments peace. It's not as though I didn't love Sylvie. She was amazing from start to finish... vivacious, gregarious, charming, and intensely loving; she took good care of me that one... but the one thing she never was... was quiet. -smiling

Comments

[fitzwinter]

You're simply amazing. I've never been able to make such a deep connection with someone. Reading this now, I wonder if I failed at someone's attempt to reach out to me from the past.

An old grade school friend, from the fourth-grade, mind you had called me. It had been 18 years gone by. He said how he had been trying to reach me throughout the years only to encounter dead-end after end.
I called him.
Our conversation lasted two hours or so. I tried emaiing him after that. He never responded.
I continue to question the motive behind the call. Now I wonder: Was he trying to reach out to me or did he fear I needed the guidance I had lacked even way back then?

[fetishmystique]

That was beautiful...

[earthrain]

you're brave and good for talking to him. i'm sure you affected his life in someway and that's what matters. i wish him well.

[frankblack]

*hugs* I am proud to know you

[shangrila_oz]

I found this intriguing, the voce anon, someone reaching out for a voice and finding someone else that would listen. So many people out there wandering around having conversations inside their minds, not able to voice fears, joys, sorrow or any other of the million emotions that flow through us at any given moment. For 'Michael' you were a voice in his darkness, a light that lead him on. Although some of his choices (and they were his to make) lead to something undesirable, he was still able to recognize it and that means he has hope. Your act of extraordinary kindness fanned that hope.

Thank you for sharing this Jen.