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Borderstone · 06-25-2009, 11:42 PM

I'm in a state of mind right now where I'm sad and joyless.

It's unreal to me the news I've seen today. It was there on the TV but I couldn't believe it.

In what felt like a dream where one can't feel anything,I watched on the news a story none would think possible.

Michael Jackson dies at age 50 from a stroke. I stood frozen at this TV,right there in the grocery store's Starbucks like gathering area. It was just not possible.

It sadly is true thoguh. A man an entertainer most of us had known through his music and appearences for 40 years was suddenly gone.

This after weeks of other entertainers saying good bye and another saying goodbye the same day. It was just too much to take now. I came home and cried. I looked at all of my Michael Jackson and Jackson 5/Jacksons albums and wept.

In mostly my teen years,the MTV era,Michael was the central figure. The King of pop as Elizabeth Taylor called him. There was no one bigger in music or entertainment and i bought all that he had to offer. I even have on top of my TV right now,a photo of me at age 15,holding up my Thriller cassette and wearing my MJ Thriller T-Shirt,of which I still have both.

I rooted for him during his later troubles in the 90s but i never judged him guilty or innocnet and certianly did not judge him personally. I only knew him as Michael Jackson,singer,dancer and showman.

Michael's 40 year story closed it's book today but I'm sure for most,it's an unfinished work.

Rest in peace Michael,I know you are now at peace and in God's house,where everyone loves you unconditionally.

06-25-2009, 11:42 PM	#1
Borderstone Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Phoenix,Arizona -America Posts: 4,427	Michael and the saddest day. I'm in a state of mind right now where I'm sad and joyless. It's unreal to me the news I've seen today. It was there on the TV but I couldn't believe it. In what felt like a dream where one can't feel anything,I watched on the news a story none would think possible. Michael Jackson dies at age 50 from a stroke. I stood frozen at this TV,right there in the grocery store's Starbucks like gathering area. It was just not possible. It sadly is true thoguh. A man an entertainer most of us had known through his music and appearences for 40 years was suddenly gone. This after weeks of other entertainers saying good bye and another saying goodbye the same day. It was just too much to take now. I came home and cried. I looked at all of my Michael Jackson and Jackson 5/Jacksons albums and wept. In mostly my teen years,the MTV era,Michael was the central figure. The King of pop as Elizabeth Taylor called him. There was no one bigger in music or entertainment and i bought all that he had to offer. I even have on top of my TV right now,a photo of me at age 15,holding up my Thriller cassette and wearing my MJ Thriller T-Shirt,of which I still have both. I rooted for him during his later troubles in the 90s but i never judged him guilty or innocnet and certianly did not judge him personally. I only knew him as Michael Jackson,singer,dancer and showman. Michael's 40 year story closed it's book today but I'm sure for most,it's an unfinished work. Rest in peace Michael,I know you are now at peace and in God's house,where everyone loves you unconditionally. __________________ "A knight of the road,going back to a place where he might get warm." - Borderstone Last edited by Borderstone; 06-25-2009 at 11:45 PM.