100 Love Letters I'll Never Send ("Still Haven't found...") (c) 2017
1999 Summer:
So there I was in the Land of the Morning Calm, South Korea. That was the first place the US Army sent me. I was fortunate of my Supervisor Sergeant First Class Toro. He taught me some important things. Forced me to do introspection. One afternoon he was training me to drive an army humvee.
I couldn’t stop thinking about my life. What had it come to?
I was locked in my head. Looking back on all that happened. I had not worked
months before being here. I was thinking about you. The rcok band U2 was playing on the Armed
Forces radio on that Humvee ride. “It’s like the song says junior, ‘I still
haven’t found what I’m looking for.’ Thought I was happy married. Thought I was
happy having a family. Alright Junior take a right onto the highway.” Thirty
seconds later the traffic was heavy and intimidating. Cars were going on the
side of the road to pass other cars.
“Damn you! Speed Up!” Drivers were beaping at us. One
yelled, “Go home yankee!” In thick hongul accent. Korean language is hongul. “Pull
over at the next exit!” It was on this day that I realized I had to move on.
Still didn’t know how.
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