Michael Jackson is dead???
But that's impossible!
An incredulous thought!
A bad joke.
A nightmare.
Totally absurd.
He can't die. He just can't.
Perhaps he has just gone somewhere private and quiet where the cruelest of the cruels of the world couldn't reach him.
It's been days since his "reported death" still, I couldn't give a proper reaction.
After seeing the news, I just stared at a space...dazed.
It's so hard to grasp the impossibility...
Do you know that "Thriller" was released on the same year I was born?
And I grew up learning who the King of Pop is.
Although there were times when I was given impromptu questions regarding my favorite music and singer, I was quick to forget mentioning MJ and his songs. Perhaps because it's already a strong fact. It's beyond "favorites". It's already etched as part of my being. It's constant. His music is the official soundtrack of my childhood years. It's a finite thing. It's insane not to like MJ and groove in the sounds of Billy Jean, Smooth Operator, Beat It or nourish your soul while listening to Will you be there-- the theme song of Free Willy- which happens to be my all time favorite movie-- and more of his similar fantastic and inspiring music creations.
Consciously I know he is gone.
Subconsciously, I don't believe he is gone.
I can't feel he is.
Just like his music, subconsciously, I believe he is timeless. That he's just there...He is Michael Jackson. I am supposed to grow old and have kids and tell them "hey look, MJ is on TV, isn't he great? just look at him do the moonwalk"--well that's how my Mom used to tell me when I was barely on my teens. His records were the only shared music between my parents and I during my teen years--except now that I am old enough to appreciate Diana Ross and Beatles. His death didn't occur to me--not even a passing thought.
And even if he's dead...his death is soooooo wrong timing.
Why now?
It just seems yesterday when Francis Magalona died--my another favorite because he writes music for the glory of his country.
And now MJ is also gone? I very well know that MJ has lived a life of craziness...but I didn't give a damn to all those negative write ups. All I cared about is his ability and willingness to write songs that speaks about our world. I know I sound corny...but I really admire guys who do worthy things. MJ touched my heart with his "Man in the Mirror" song.
Now that he's gone...will there be another one like him?
Is uniqueness not limited to one?
He can't be dead. For all I know, he's just there playing with Keiko the Free Willy and enjoying life like a kid.
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