Neko

Saturday, June 28, 2003

Mourning the imminent passing of a man I do not know...

it is with his family that Saon is staying with. Don was brought home from the hospital this week. When I expressed hope that Don's health had improved, Saon said no, he's still dying. So, essentially, Don came home to die.

This man I do not know has four children under the age of ten, the youngest being only a month or so older than my nephew Joey. They are losing ther father at such a young age, and the youngest children (2 year old girl and 5 month old boy) will have no real memories of their father.

Saon was brought to Illinois, to the home of this family, for a reason...and that reason has nothing to do with a 50 year old woman who screws around with men young enough to be her son. The reason is that Saon needs to see a parallel between what these children will be going thru, and his own situation of losing both his parents at about the same age as the oldest child.

So Don is the catalyst. His death will leave a huge void in the lives of his children, as the deaths of Saon's parents left a huge void in his own life, which at 27 years of age, he hasn't fully dealt with. All of the troubles that Saon has experienced in his life all goes back to that afternoon his mother allegedly took her own life 19 years ago. That is a heavy burden for an 8 year old boy to bear, and that 8 year old boy is still scared. He will have to deal with it, or it will lead him to an early grave.

I don't want to see that happen. I care for Saon, as a friend and as someone who has seen that scared 8 year old boy he keeps locked inside his soul.

It's time to deal, Saon.

More laterz--