Dear Michael Jackson,
So, I guess it's been a year now.
One year since I heard the news.
It was sad to think about what could have been on the would-be opening night of your London o2 Arena tour. Especially sad because it was going to be the first time your children got to see you perform.
I know they would have liked that.
It was better when the This Is It movie came out! Everyone talked about how great it was - even the haters couldn't deny that you still had it! I saw it 4 times in the theaters, going with different groups of friends each time. You converted some, entertained ALL, and I got to revel in your greatness with some of the most devoted MJ fans I've ever met. :) Even though you probably would have been embarrassed by how personal the movie was, I think it was important that we got to see glimpses of the real you! People sometimes need to be reminded that you are a real person, and not just an icon - that you died a legend, but LIVED as a human with your own ambitions and feelings.
Your death was both tragic and healing.
I’m sad that your children won’t get to continue growing up with their dad. (The world felt a collective heartbreak as Paris explained that you were “the best Dad anyone could ask for” at your funeral.) I’m sad that you couldn’t see your upcoming tour through – that would have made so many people’s dreams come true. Mostly I’m sad that it took your death for people to be nice.
But you’ve gained lots of fans posthumously. That’s good! And because of all the publicity, lots of people have become more aware of all your charitable contributions! So that’s good too.
Even though the situation surrounding your death was less than ideal, I think you’re better off now. I think you’re life was painful in a lot of ways. So now should be a sweet release!
Despite those fictitious rumors in the early 2000’s that you had converted to Islam, it’s come forward since you’re death that you were a devout Christian to the end. It comforts me now to think that you are resting. I genuinely believe that you are in an ethereal place where you are free from mortal pain.
I can’t wait to meet you someday! It’s cheesy to say, but I really am looking forward to it.
Thank you for sharing your music, message, love, and smile with us. The world is better place because you were in it, and isn’t that what we’re all hoping to accomplish with our own lives?
Forever your fan, someday your friend,
Melissa
xoxo
1 comment:
Beautiful! I like the way you talked about all the other aspects of 'MJ's departure', though you showed, it was an event that had a personal impact on you, you also showed how everyone else including his family was affected and how in the end you hope MJ's doing okay in the 'afterlife' and that need to STILL see him, lol, I share ur feelings on that one
In the end he was just a human being like anybody but the legacy he left behind in terms of his music still lives on strongly stirring the hearts of many people, by their nodding heads and doing their scratchy moonwalks they try to generate that kick we used to get from seeing him perform, oh, he entertained us all so well for so long, why did it seem like people forgot that.
Melissa, I think this is great! I've drawn parallels with yours in my own feelings about the tragedy.
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