A day later....
I had to give myself time to recuperate.
Many people have this been posting "RIP" messages, posting videos, sending text messages, while playing old albums and dusting off vhs memories, not to mention being glued to anything MJ centered on tv, for at least the past 24 hours.
But only a few will really be sad in relation to a connection they had to the late Michael Joseph Jackson.
While a friend and I rode in cruise control down 70 toward Columbus it was the first I had heard about MJ's rumored death which was plastered on the infamous TMZ.com. As I search through my phone I rush to call my mother, turned away by endless rings, I attempted to call another friend of mine who said that MJ had been all over the radio, and he was in the hospital. Finally, after talking to my mother she kept me updated with news on MJ's health. Over the course of an hour going back in forth on the phone and all the major news stations (not excluding fox news) we are both devastated to finally hear that the man I always dreamed of becoming had passed.
During all the drama I had laid the seat back in the passenger side and looked out the window in a stillness, that added to the overcompensation of silence and utter disbelief lurking in the car.
In this instance the clouds began to shadow the sun and a cool breeze triumphed the humidity that had plagued us 55 miles prior to hearing this daunting news. My heart dropped and flashes of all the childhood memories triggered by the love of his music, his finesse and his artistic precedence trailed through my mind.
Once I arrived at my mother's house the rain was evident and soon so was the storm. Watching the result show for So You Think You Can Dance, was going to be even more difficult especially after the speech that Nigel Lythgoe made about Michael Jackson's influence on the dancing world, this nightmare was transformed into a celebratory reality.
For hours and nearly a day I have been watching non-stop footage of this musical icon as if he once shared an anecdote with me or if I seen him in concert.
All the music I have heard, the videos, and the research that I have done, will never amount to what Michael Jackson was and is to me.
Rest In Peace Michael Joseph Jackson, you will be greatly missed.
Word is BOND!
1 comment:
only few will really understand....he impacted so many people...it's just a shame that he had to die so that people would think back and "remember the times."
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