By Ron Pickett
Tell me what to feel! Please tell me what I should feel! I read an obit this morning, I need help! I knew this person, Worked for him, Was a buffer for him. Tried to keep his craziness from becoming an infection. I should forgive him. It is supposed to be a good thing to do. For me, I don’t understand forgiveness, Besides, I’m not the one his example killed, I’m not the surviving family, only a surrogate. The social environment protected him – but not the rest of us. Now I know. Now I’m smarter. Now I know it was fuelled by alcohol. I should have been smarter then, stronger. I should have always been smarter. I should be smarter today – It’s been fifty years now, so Tell me what should I feel!
Ron Pickett is a retired naval aviator with over 250 combat missions and 500 carrier landings. His 90-plus articles have appeared in numerous publications. He enjoys writing fiction and has published five books: Perfect Crimes – I Got Away with It, Discovering Roots, Getting Published, EMPATHS, and Sixty Odd Short Stories.
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