So, today’s
Noe’s 42nd birthday. We went
to the cemetery for the first time in a few years. Honestly, I’m embarrassed, I’d forgotten
which way to go when we got there. It’s
not that I don’t like going, I love visiting our fam. I have no excuse.
After
walking around for a while, I took Joey to visit Mrs. Harper, who was her
favorite resident when she worked at Manor Park. It was shady over there, so I figured she
could hang over there while I went around to the other side to look for Noe.
Of course, when
I started walking that way, it came back to me, and I found him quickly. He’s close to a tree, so it’s calm and shady
there. I thought and remembered
everything: the day we met at the CP Center, all the times we hung out, all the
fights, the day in ’91 I watched him go down.
I told him I hope he thinks I’m doing right by him remembering him the
way he deserved here through my words, hoping people get a sense of who he was,
how I was molded into the crip I am today, because I knew him.
And, I
cried.
Be good to
each other.
-J-
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