the last day in suzhou
October 15th 2009 when i sit quietly and breathe i feel a deep hollow in my chest from crying
my crying is not from hurt or pain or anger, it is from a knowledge that i leave behind some of the greatest people this world holds.
eleven hours ago, i sat opposite Lao Wang and explained that i was leaving, he knew but thought it was tomorrow or saturday but it was today. a man exactly thirty years older than me,
... read more