Kuwait

This has been years in the making...
When I first came out of the back of the airport I was a bit taken back by the way the had it set up! I had to walk all the way down to the doors to meet my dad. To be honest I felt like I should have danced or put on a show for everyone on the sides watching me walk down the line. Maybe next time I will just bust out in song and dance! ;) My first car ride through your streets was a bit blinded by the sand storm but I can honestly say I am a fan of the sand storms now. I've driven in them for years and always enjoy a good challenge! I still remember my first tornado of sand and that was a good ride. I came here at the age of 24 and my have the times changed and the world sure looks a bit different when your in your own corner of coffee shop. I have grown into a man that is worlds apart from the guy I used to be in the states. So with this I say I am glad it was Kuwait the country I came to grow, The country I came to love and the country I've come to know as home.

I walked of the plane and found my self in a world that truly is a world of its own. The culture, the smells hanging in the streets from the local restaurants, the sound of the mosque going off in the distant, these were things I have never known yet after all these years this is the place I am most comfortable. I finally learn the true meaning of the phrase "FREEDOM ON THE ROAD!" Driving down the highways, rolling through the neighborhood, cruising in the desert. One message I think I should put out there if your going to speed don't speed by the cameras and if your going to be a rebel without a cause don't run a red light when there is a camera cause you will pay for your so called awesomeness! My first time through the little "Mom and Pop Shops" (i like to call em that) was pretty wild. I can say this its 10 times better then any flee market I've been to in the states! Also I'd like to take a moment to thank the car repair guys down in Fahaheel You helped me repair some minor damages and saved me the trip to the police station. ;) One of my FAVORITE Things bout Kuwait is how easy it is to fix minor scratches and bumps on a car. In the states it would have cost me an arm, leg and a piece of my heart! While here I was blessed with being able to see many concerts meeting a gazillion random people and living a life I'm pretty sure makes me one lucky dude. I'll say this to everyone if you haven't had the the opportunity to join in the festivities of a concert then you are missing out on a world of FUN! Don't be that person that misses out. I get confused for being Arabic a lot here which has been fun. Randomly being talked to in Arabic or the best moment was someone actually explaining to me why black folks call themselves "nigga." For all yall that know me well yall know the deal I don't need an explanation. However it was funny hearing someone try to explain it to me because they thought I was Kuwaiti. I've had some pretty good walks down by the scientific center! ;) Good times every time. I have more but this is all I want to say for now... Thanks Kuwait and as of right now its looking to be 2 full weeks left for me being at home...

I Loved Our Imperfect Life

I smile thinking of our once crazy life that we had created from the ground up. Now I'm standing beyond the fence where the house we once lived, laughed and loved stands. Pictures still in the frame of moments we shared collecting dust. Little love notes left as they lay. Memories still linger of a past we once held with such care. I always knew the grass was greener on the other side of the fence and to be honest I never wanted greener grass. These imperfections were the perfect place for me. Your words were all I needed to believe. Your kisses brought butterflies to me. Your hugs brought life to me. You were all that my life required... yet here I stand behind the gate looking one last time at a past that I used to scream, "LOVE" from daily... yet now all that has faded and as I walk on to new pastures I can leave knowing that even though this has ended I am ok with it. I can walk away with good memories as my keep sake...

Pages We Shared In This Book Of Life

I will leave you with a heart intact and a soul as strong as the day we met. My name will be a whisper in your nights that will bring a smile to your lips. Our love once bloomed those winter months, how we lived for the first time in our lives. We shared stories, talked of our what if futures and created moments that are delicate fireworks blazing through space a heavenly moment indeed. Few would ever taste the joy we held so tightly to for those few months, few would ever see the world we created out of conversation, love and silent stares. For these are moments books could never reach and we were characters beyond fiction. What we shared was real, true and honest. We both decided on the last day that it was not goodbye but I will see you soon, even though we both knew it would be years. Though this is written after we left our hearts only true home to face our paths separately I have this feeling beyond all reason that we as far as we are from each other will find one and other again.

P.S. I love you my last true kiss worth sharing.