The Other Side Of Me

How well do you know the person you think you know the most? I turned into someone I didn't recognize and I found out I didn't know myself. Before that, I was part of the hustle and bustle of Kenya's capital, Nairobi. I was up at the crack of dawn to get to work to earn a living and make my dreams come true. I walked a straight path and gave my work my all. I expected that over time I would see rewards for my effort and dedication.

Instead, I was cast aside and the anger and frustration set me on a very dark and slippery path. I began to live a very dark life on the other side of the law. There, I found total freedom from laws and rules that had never paid off for me. I’d always been good and straight and kind and it had never done anything for me. It turned out that it wasn’t freedom I had found though; it was reckless abandon and total disregard for everything that was good and right and proper. It was a life that gave me a thrill but it didn’t see me free. Rather, it put me in bondage. It had me in such a tight bind that I believed that the only way out was to take myself out.

This is my story; a story about losing everything including myself and then finding myself in a most unexpected place; somewhere between life and death.