Hour's On the Otherside...

   I always wondered how it would feel being a certain situation... that moment when you had to make a certain decision that had a negative consequence.. Once every week I go visit three individuals who haven't been given the best lifestyle, and had to make some rough and tough decisions in their lives. Of course I cannot just meet them at a McDean's or a Burger Sweet. I go and see them at a Detention Center. It was a strange thing the first time I went. It's like the feeling of stepping into an blank place. A place where you don't want to move.. I was kind of scared to move a certain way, wear a wrong color, say the wrong thing. The moment I walked through the front door, I was met by officers, that ask for my things, and I was always accompanied by an officer. It was me, and two other people that went to visit a few of the kids in there. I got to meet three kids just about three years younger than me. I still don't know why they are in there, but I really don't want to know. I mean, I would love it if they would tell me, but they just meet me, and I know how it would be to have some random people coming in, and asking questions. So that's what I don't do. When I first walked through the door it was in an empty room, with a table in the middle, surrounded by chairs. It felt a little lifeless. Until they walked in, followed by an officer, they sat down, grabbed the cameras, and started opening them. Finally after about two minutes of them talking to themselves, one of them asked me," You look like an athlete. Do you play ball?", and from that, we literally talked about sports, girls, social media, all of that for hours! About half way through the time I was there, one of them started to open up to me, told me about all of his plans of where he;s going to go, and what he is going to do. He also told me about his daughter that he has, that he sends pictures to, and letters. It was crazy that just talking to them about some type of connecting topic, they can open up so well. Even to a complete stranger. It's safe to say that I got another friend. I kind of want to know if I can continue to do this even after I have to stop going... hmmm. Guess we will just soon have to find out.