RELEASE ME !

Ever know anyone who's been in the hoosegow? A friend of mine has been behind bars for a few years for and is going to be released to rehab in a couple of months. He's all stoked about getting out. I don't blame him. I cherish my freedom; an expression well worth learning to say in many languages.

I've been writing to him to keep his spirits up. I have not, however, hold him that he is not welcome in my home or in my life. I wanted to give him hope to get over the hump of incarceration. Sadly, he has brought too much pain to too many people and he has never owned up to any of it. It's a long story that is laden with gossip so I can't / won't post the details here.
He is a role model to me, however, as a person who has never been approached by law enforcement or accused of wrong doing.