GRTC

I got up at 7:33 this morning and hopped in the shower with my flip flops on. Grabbed an oatmeal thing and shoved it in my mouth on the way to the bus stop where I waited impatiently. It was cold as Alaska this morning and of course, the bus wasnt on time.

I pushed myself to the front of the line (not really, but it sounds intense, right?) and boarded quickly. It was like a heat wave that hit me square in the jowl. Brotha had it cookin up in that joint!

It was unusual this morning, there was about 6 of us total. Usually we're sitting side by side with people's butts in our faces as they stand up and hold onto that stinky cold metal pole that screams HAND SANITIZER PLEASE!

It was all quiet--Friday morning hangovers? Except for the woman directly across from me. I was drawn to her somehow. Her face was black and wrinkled with age and hair in a messy knot of a ponytail. Her appearance was worn and ragged, almost as if it was her heart speaking out. So I sat there, almost crying because the experience was breathtaking.

She talked to the busdriver about seeing movies once a week, but the prices were on the rise so she was forced to only see her favorites at the Byrd when they premiered. The driver asked her what she was doing for the Holidays--this is what brought water to my eyes. She simply replied, "I usually cook myself a little snack and sit and watch whatever's on Fox or 65".

Her personality was bubbly, and her sweetness filled the air. She felt no shame though I wanted to tell her right then and there that she would just have to come and eat thanksgiving with me!

It's times like these that you really have to evaluate your own life. Here I sit, everyday of my life and worry about some of the dumbest things. And there she sat, so lonesome in the world, but with a smile on her face.

...................thing that bothers me. I can see a little bit of myself in her. im scared im gonna be lonely forever. :(