On Cameron's Choice

In case you haven’t heard, Darnell, the UPS delivery guy is telling folks that Cameron said - right before he left - He’d fin’ly made his mind up it was time to - reunite - with all of those who’d passed away - for whom he was bereft - So, not to leave his packages ‘cause he’d be gone for good...and ‘all they’d do was pile up’, ‘til someone figured out What the always empty porch...shaggy unmowed lawn...and long neglected mailbox was conspicuously about. An only child - who’s folks were gone, along with all relations - entirely alone, and yearning for what tragedy bereaves - Like so many others who are wrestling with depression, Cameron felt the solace that a lonely soul achieves By -- putting things in order -- and leaving clear instructions for guiding what they’d left behind toward those whom they believed Were most inclined to care for folks who’d lost their every loved one...souls like him - that “Death” had so persistently bereaved, Justified his choice to join the family and the friends waiting for him patiently...to thereby -- reunite... And I, for one...knowing what it’s like to be alone, believe...at least in Cameron’s case...his choice to leave was right. Books and Audio-CDs at - writerofbooks.com