The last time I saw gailw8
I had won a trip for 2 to Seattle for having sold a shitload of Ericsson accessories and even though she had already moved to Arizona I had one of the tickets issued to her and on to me and somehow we managed to get nosebleed seats to see RENT.
I have missed her more than she’ll have any idea. I love Gail W with all my heart. And whenever I think of her I think of the songs at the end of The Life and Wicked.
I’ve heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return
Well, I don’t know if I believe that’s true
But I know I’m who I am today
Because I knew you:
Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I’ve been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good
It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You’ll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend:
Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I’ve been changed for the better?
But because I knew you:
Because I knew you:
I have been changed for good
