There are pros and cons of every situation. From the time I spent touring, I started to learn how to become good friends with anyone within an hour or two. This was an awesome trait to learn because it allowed me to read deeper into people at a much faster pace than I was used to. The downside to this was the same as the upside; I was able to open up and become close friends with people I had only known for a couple hours.
This led me to falling head over heels for girls after talking to them for five minutes. Every girl I saw with a pretty smile and talked to me would immediately captivate my heart. This became a problem because I would eventually run into those same girls again and the cycle started the moment I saw her again. There are four girls in all the corners of the country that I still think about every day. Los Angeles, Seattle, New York City, and Miami.
Today, I am finally able to understand the way George Jung felt during his hallucination in prison where his daughter came to visit him and all of the sudden, he snapped out of it and realized she wasn’t there. That was also the day he wrote his poem, “It’s Always The Last Day of Summer”. I’ve blindly quoted this poem since I can remember and now, I actually understand what he meant the day he wrote that.
I can’t help but feel that I’ve left pieces of my heart in random places and I’m not really sure if I will ever be able to get them back but I guess I’m fine with that. I just hope I’ll have another chance to drive down Oakland Park.
