Rememberance...
Michael,
I sometimes look at where my life is now and question who I have become. I am who I am through my experiences. Some have been joyous and some have made me stare deep despair in the eyes. But mostly these days, I ask myself why and how you have become such a deep part of that life?
I was a fan of your music for 20 years, I followed your career, I followed your life with a keen and happy heart and I would never have imagined that little old me would have become connected to you in such a way that I am now.
Many years ago, when I was just a gawky teenager, you came into my life like a breath of fresh spring air. You stood out from the sea of suited and booted pop stars of the time, with your long flowing curls, wild stage moves and silken vocals. There was a sense of anarchy about you, not tailored or restricted. You sang with such passion about love and life and I fell for that in a big way. So I watched you mature, watched you hone your already amazing skills and was awestruck by what you acheived. Sucess seemed to be inevitable for you and with the monster album Kick, you and the band reached an all time high. You went on to fill the largest stadiums in the world with masses of fans. Simply put, you were amazing.
But there was more to you than met the eye, under the bravado of your stage persona, was a gentle, loving, free-spirited man who was softly spoken, deeply caring and shy.
So then maybe your life started to become some kind of merry-go-round, the world wanting to know what or who you had had for breakfast and the media circus nightmare began...
This all came crashing down though on November 22nd 1997, where in the blink of an eye, you were gone. Gone from my world, gone from your families world and gone from the music world. I was shocked to the core and a touch angry too - why now?
But with time, I have come to realise why you wanted to leave, why it all became just far too much for you. And now I understand.
I wish you were here to know how much you are loved and cherished by so many fans all over this planet, something I am not sure you really knew when you were alive. You were though...totally. May your spirit shine and your soul resst in peace, you are always in my thoughts but more so over the next 5 days. Still loving you.
Michael,
I sometimes look at where my life is now and question who I have become. I am who I am through my experiences. Some have been joyous and some have made me stare deep despair in the eyes. But mostly these days, I ask myself why and how you have become such a deep part of that life?
I was a fan of your music for 20 years, I followed your career, I followed your life with a keen and happy heart and I would never have imagined that little old me would have become connected to you in such a way that I am now.
Many years ago, when I was just a gawky teenager, you came into my life like a breath of fresh spring air. You stood out from the sea of suited and booted pop stars of the time, with your long flowing curls, wild stage moves and silken vocals. There was a sense of anarchy about you, not tailored or restricted. You sang with such passion about love and life and I fell for that in a big way. So I watched you mature, watched you hone your already amazing skills and was awestruck by what you acheived. Sucess seemed to be inevitable for you and with the monster album Kick, you and the band reached an all time high. You went on to fill the largest stadiums in the world with masses of fans. Simply put, you were amazing.
But there was more to you than met the eye, under the bravado of your stage persona, was a gentle, loving, free-spirited man who was softly spoken, deeply caring and shy.
So then maybe your life started to become some kind of merry-go-round, the world wanting to know what or who you had had for breakfast and the media circus nightmare began...
This all came crashing down though on November 22nd 1997, where in the blink of an eye, you were gone. Gone from my world, gone from your families world and gone from the music world. I was shocked to the core and a touch angry too - why now?
But with time, I have come to realise why you wanted to leave, why it all became just far too much for you. And now I understand.
I wish you were here to know how much you are loved and cherished by so many fans all over this planet, something I am not sure you really knew when you were alive. You were though...totally. May your spirit shine and your soul resst in peace, you are always in my thoughts but more so over the next 5 days. Still loving you.