May 15, 2011
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You again?
Recently Rickey contacted me? It was so random and out of the blue. He couldn’t get a hold of me at the time because I was working but it was important enough to leave a message. He just called to ask if we could be friends again; if I said “no” it would be perfectly understandable and he wouldn’t push it.
Because of my nature, I said yes. I will forgive but never forget.
It seemed like he was having a really rough time with life and just needed someone there to listen to him. I listened, but I will be honest when I say I was rather disappointed. He has fallen so far down in his life that it’s so screwed up, beyond the point of repair.
I will not babble about his misery too much and there are a lot of things I can’t say because I’ve sworn into secrecy. Basically Rickey is the same age as me currently, twenty. He has three kids from two different mothers. What I said to him before I left, the only time I screamed at someone my true thoughts, has burned into his mind and has caused him to take things seriously and get therapy. He has hurt a lot of people around him. His life is dysfunctional to the point of stand-still. He has lost an incredible position as a wielder at the Shipyard and he is failing in his classes. His girlfriend left him because not only was he unfaithful in his relationship with her but there are a couple other things he has done to hurt her.
I recall just a year ago his future was so bright but now the brightness has faded.
I also do not recognize him anymore; he isn’t the same person I remember.
