Third Eye Views

It was a dreaded phone call that woke me up  three years ago on this November day.  I suppressed the reality of what I was hearing.  Maybe I suppressed it because I was in total denial that you were no longer here with us, but now 3 years later I see I was right, you didn’t leave us on that fateful day.  Your body went away, but your spirit is still right here; talking, laughing and still bookin’.  Like the other night when I was on the subway reading my magazine, I heard your voice so loud and clear ooh chile, look at them shoes that heaux got on, she look a mess!!! I looked up and saw a lady sitting in front of me and it was not only the shoes that was a mess, but her weave and her face was a disaster as well. I couldn’t help but to burst out laughing and even though people starting looking at me like I was crazy, I just couldn’t stop. Most of the time  when I want to hear your voice, on YouTube I go, to laugh with you for hours on end, but I didn’t have to that night, because you were right there with me.  I  realize that most of the time you are.  Somehow, pushing me to never give up on my dreams and making me feel bad when I get lazy and start slacking.  All because you gave every ounce of energy you had to make your dreams come true. You wanted to be famous and you are.  Maybe not on that Michael Jackson level you sometimes spoke about…but honey, believe me when I tell you that your name is becoming more and more known.  People are still “discovering” you!  You have fans across the world saying that you’re truly missed and that they wish you were still here. Wondering just how bright your light would have shined if you were.  All the while celebrating the short visit you had here with us; making us laugh with your jokes, making us shake our ass to your music and just being the bigger-than-life person you actually were.  We all knew you were too big for New Orleans, but honey, little did we know that you were actually too big for this world.  Some people didn’t get you, but it doesn’t matter because for those who did, they will ‘possibly never’ allow you to be forgotten!  Knowing that reassure me that you will be forever young and your name will forever live on.  I still cry sometimes and I guess that’s why you once visited me in my dreams, assuring me that it will all be okay.  I must say that you need to visit me in my dreams more often, for some reason it eases the pain.  But know that with every passing year, I celebrate your life more and more instead of mourning your absence.  So rest easy Coo, while I work hard and keep grinding.  Everyone is missing you more than you could have ever imagined.

Hugs & Kisses…Muaah!!!