Surrounded by strangers I thought were my friends

It's been about a month since I heard from Saon. Not that I expected him to call or anything, but I wonder how he's doing. He sounded so down the last time we spoke. He didn't sound happy, and I wonder if he thinks that going home to New Orleans was a mistake.

Then again, he's probably as happy as a pig in shit and I'm not even remotely on his thought radar.

I heard Bob Seger's "Against the Wind" on the radio this afternoon. I remember when this song came out. It was some time when I was in high school, and I couldn't really relate to it at the time.

Now, that I'm older, I finally can. And I can make comparisons between the lyrics, and my life, and to some extent, Saon's life, too. We're both "running against the wind" and hanging with strangers we thought were our friends.

And I'm probably totally wrong about all of it.

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Against the Wind - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band

It seems like yesterday
But it was long ago
Janey was lovely she was the queen of my nights
There in the darkness with the radio, playin' low
The secrets that we shared
Mountains that we moved
Caught like a wildfire out of control
'Til there was nothing left to burn and nothing left to prove

And I remember what she said to me
How she swore that it never would end
I remember how she held me, oh so tight
Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then

Against the wind
We were running against the wind
We were young and strong and we were running
Against the wind

The years rolled slowly past
And I found myself alone
Surrounded by strangers I thought were my friends
Found myself further and further from my home
I guess I lost my way
There were oh so many roads
I was living to run and running to live
Never worrying about paying or even how much I owed

Moving eight miles a minute for months at a time
Breaking all of the rules that we bent
Began to find myself searching
Searching for shelter again and again

Against the wind
I was running against the wind
I found myself seeking shelter
Against the wind

But those drifter's days are past me now
I've got so much more to think about
Deadlines and commitments
What to leave in, what to leave out

Against the wind
I'm still running against the wind
Well I'm older now but still running
Against the wind
Against the wind
Against the wind....

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That's all from where I sit.

--MorelaterZ--