In my life I have lost five friends either to accidents or illness…Kyle was the first, he and some friends were drinking one night and climbed onto the gym roof at our old high school…Kyle jumped onto the roof and fell through a sky light that was on the roof…killed instantly.
Then there was Tony who I dedicated my book to. He was schizophrenic and killed himself while delusional…
Then Devin. saddest of all…Devin and me were really close. Devin rennovated houses and then would sell them for money…flipping houses so they say in the market…well, there was a faulty wiring job in a 220 volt outlet in the dryer area and Devin pushed the dryer against the wall and the wiring electrocuted him so bad he had bad brain damage. He survived another couple years and then finally died…he was a sweet heart father and husband.
Clark was a highschool friend…him and his fiancee Beth were both killed when a car flew off the underpass killing them both…they had been boyfriend and girlfriend since the 4th grade. I heard the song Beth the other night and it started all of this.
then there’s Mike. Mike was an astrophysicist I met in college…we got busted together smoking pot in the dorms. I was close to Mike and his sister Lisa…In about 2004 Mike was visiting his family in Colorado because Mike worked out of the country. He came down with a severe migraine and went to the hospital and then he died shortly after because Mike had a brain tumor. I am just saddened tonight because I really miss all of them…don’t know why I am thinking about it so much tonight…I guess I am feeling sorry for myself.