Apr 5, 2009 – Fare Thee Well
Sunday, April 5, 2009 – Fare Thee Well
My last full day in prison. I’ve said different levels of “goodbye” to most of the inmates I know. Some I’ll see again tomorrow before I leave, so we’ve only exchanged nods and winks that are understood as “it’s not ‘goodbye’ yet”. Some I won’t see tomorrow. Those have spoken their last sentiments, written their last letters, and hugged me one last time. And some, I’ve said goodbye to a hundred times over and it still doesn’t seem like enough. It’s odd to think about prisoners being emotional or emotionally attached. But prison, like politics, “makes strange bedfellows” because we live in the same environment and in such close quarters with each other day after day. It’s definitely a community all its own. And like any community, there are constructive people and destructive people. Who you choose to hang out with determines how you will be seen in the community. And to be honest, how you will be. I choose to be constructive. Therefore, the men I’m saying goodbye to are also constructive. I will miss them greatly. They want me to go and enjoy my freedom, yet they want to do something to get me in trouble so I’ll have to stay longer. 
Friends. I found friends in prison. I found good men in prison. How about that?
