wow
I too have memories of besties that are no longer here ..... hard row
I never enjoy talking about my best friend and brother...but sometimes I have to for my own sanity...and there isn’t a day that I don’t reflect on this tragedy from my past that has haunted me for so long.
So young to be taken from us all.
I remember it as if it happened just yesterday when I saw his broken bike against a very large maple tree with its frame broken in half with his broken body smashed against this maple tree with a trunk about 4 feet across and over 60 feet in height.
I have kept this in for far to long and have been needing to vent this for some long awaited peace that never comes.
The officers two grabbed me from his broken body and wrestled me to the ground and all I could say was “he’s my bother! God-d-it! He's my brother!” I had blood all over me.
When they got me to the ground they kept saying “boy calm down! It’ll be alright!”, but it was far from alright.
This officer in charge (a friend just out of the military) sees what’s happening and calls them to bring be there while I’m still struggling after I’ve been handcuffed.
They bring me to him and he asked if he could talk to me, but at this point they said I was like I was in a comatose state and couldn’t relate to anyone. This part I don’t remember because all I could think of was the loss of my best friend and that I do remember and all too well I’m afraid and it’s been hell ever since.
But I’m glad I get to vent some of this here to release some of this past that’s constantly with me.