Post by Jack Jones on Jul 24, 2018 11:58:36 GMT -5
Theres this hill about a quarter mile from my ranch. There at the top of the hill is an old tombstone. Someone must of died out there and got buried up there. The headstone does not say much, just says “Paul” 1887-1898. He was a kid when he died. I can only imagine that kid probably loved to play on that hill. I can imagine him taking himself a small meal and eating it on top of that hill while he played with his dog or maybe with a sibling.
As I grew up I would often pass that grave, I was fascinated by it. Mostly because not many people live around here, my closest neighbor is a mile away and when I asked them, they said they didnt know much about it.
So who was Paul? Why wasnt he buried near his family? It must have been hard, being left behind by whoever in the middle of nowhere, with no one to remember him or visit his grave. How very lonely.
Loneliness can be quite the thing cant it? You can be in a crowded room of people and still feel lonely. That happens. When I was a kid, I always felt alone. Living out here in this ranch didnt help matters. Then one day someone entered our lives. He appeared like a knight, made us feel whole again. Made us feel like we belonged. And soon after that I found SFT. Full of so many different people. And after that I never felt alone of lonely. Even when I argued with people I still felt like I belonged. And I guess that is part of the appeal of SFT. Being in a place that is yours and belonging.
Those who are on the outside looking in have to know what I mean. You had a place to go, a place to call your own, where you could be whoever you wanted and be yourself at the same time. Its wonderful.
But wonderful comes at a price. We got to work to keep this place ours. We are asked to do what we need to do. And what I need to do is take the world title. I have to face people like Jamo who is an ex world champion. Robert Saints, Jackson Kent also past world champions. Louis Cypher who is still world champion till someone takes it from him. And I plan to be that person. Then there is Twilight and Jaime Reyes, they are formidable and will be some of the toughest to beat. Then god knows who else may come out of the woodwork, if Rumpke shows up then all hell could break loose. This match is an unknown and I like that unknown. Just like I like Paul and the mystery around him.
All I can hope is that none of us end up like Paul, alone in a grave in the middle of nowhere alone. We all deserve better than Paul.
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As I grew up I would often pass that grave, I was fascinated by it. Mostly because not many people live around here, my closest neighbor is a mile away and when I asked them, they said they didnt know much about it.
So who was Paul? Why wasnt he buried near his family? It must have been hard, being left behind by whoever in the middle of nowhere, with no one to remember him or visit his grave. How very lonely.
Loneliness can be quite the thing cant it? You can be in a crowded room of people and still feel lonely. That happens. When I was a kid, I always felt alone. Living out here in this ranch didnt help matters. Then one day someone entered our lives. He appeared like a knight, made us feel whole again. Made us feel like we belonged. And soon after that I found SFT. Full of so many different people. And after that I never felt alone of lonely. Even when I argued with people I still felt like I belonged. And I guess that is part of the appeal of SFT. Being in a place that is yours and belonging.
Those who are on the outside looking in have to know what I mean. You had a place to go, a place to call your own, where you could be whoever you wanted and be yourself at the same time. Its wonderful.
But wonderful comes at a price. We got to work to keep this place ours. We are asked to do what we need to do. And what I need to do is take the world title. I have to face people like Jamo who is an ex world champion. Robert Saints, Jackson Kent also past world champions. Louis Cypher who is still world champion till someone takes it from him. And I plan to be that person. Then there is Twilight and Jaime Reyes, they are formidable and will be some of the toughest to beat. Then god knows who else may come out of the woodwork, if Rumpke shows up then all hell could break loose. This match is an unknown and I like that unknown. Just like I like Paul and the mystery around him.
All I can hope is that none of us end up like Paul, alone in a grave in the middle of nowhere alone. We all deserve better than Paul.
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