Kia Johnson +

Bonnie's words to our common friend Kia

 

Myriam

 

REST IN PEACE MY MOST WODERFUL FRIEND, KIA JOHNSON…..WE HAD SO MANY LAUGHS AND I SWEAR TO GOD THAT SOMETIMES I FELT LIKE YOU WERE READING MY HEART AND MY SOUL…AND NEARLY ALWAYS MY MIND…

I KNOW YOU REMEMBER YOU AND LIL BONNIE RAPPING TOGETHER AT ONE OF OUR VISITS. WE STILL LAUGH ABOUT THAT. AND THE WAY YOU WOULD LOWER YOUR HEAD AND LOOK AT ME THROUGH YOUR GLASSES AND SAY “ AH SHIT BIG B”…I SEE THAT NEARLY EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE..

KIA I MISS YOU SO MUCH.. AND EVEN THOUGH IT’S BEEN 7 YEARS IN JUNE THAT THEY KILLED YOU, I STILL FEEL YOUR PRESENSE ON A DAILY BASIS… YOU NOW KIA NO MATTER WHAT AND WHO ELSE MAY HAVE THOUGHT YOU WERE GUILTY I KNOW THAT YOU WERE NOT..

WE CONNECTED IN A WAY THAT I’VE NEVER CONNECTED WITH ANY OTHER INMATE.

REMEMBER ME TELLING YOU THAT IF THEY SOLD SONS AT WAL-MARTS AND I SAW YOU SITTING ON THE SHELF..I WOULD GRAB YOU IN A SECOND AND PUT YOU IN MY BASKET AND KEEP YOU FOREVER AS MY SON…

I KNOW THAT YOU ARE STILL WITH ME..I FEEL THIS ALL THE TIME.. I AM SO SORRY THAT I COULD NOT SAVE YOU…I DID EVERYTHING I COULD THINK OF …BUT TEXAS DOESN’T CARE WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO THE PEOPLE ON THE ROW NOR TO THE ONES THAT LOVE YOU..AND LOVE YOU WE DID... ON OUR LAST PHONE CONVERSATION I TOLD YOU I WAS SORRY I COULDN’T STOP IT.. AND YOUTOLD ME I DID EVERYTHING I COULD THAT I HAD NOTHING TO BE SORRY ABOUT…BUT YOU GAVE ME A NAME KIA..AND I WILL ALWAYS USE IT.. DUSTY ANGEL… YOU ALSO PROMISED ME TO BE THE ONE TO MEET ME ON THE OTHER SIDE SO WE COULD WALK HAND AND HAND THROUGH HEAVEN… I’M EXPECTING YOU TO KEEP THAT PROMISE….REST IN PEACE MY DEAR FRIEND…

Bonnie Caraway