Excerpts
Chapter 20
The police have done their job. Their probing tentacles yielded nothing, and soon we will have another session. I am skipping rocks on the flowing river and just when I thought I caught a skip the water sucks it under. It is no match for a calm pond, where when a good skip is made; it seems to last for infinity. It will be a long time before the waters around me become calm, but I will battle on with the memory of the last good ripple lingering on. I have recessed to a friend’s home out in the country and I am taking pleasure in absorbing the sheer beauty of what God has created. It is peaceful here for the time being, tall green trees surround me with peaks and valleys as far as the eye can see. I sit and rock in an old wooden rocker, with my mind drifting off with thoughts of the present circumstances. Amidst the clutter, I ask; where is liberty today, and equality for all mankind and who amongst us believe in the answer that is clearly undefined? If you think it is you with that clear prescription, then tell me who manipulated your mind? I fear walking into a social setting and subjecting myself to be judged like a book by its cover; yet, I will not guarantee you that I won’t do it. Why should we be in pursuit of happiness? Why is that not an inalienable right? More…