“The Leper of Henry County”
I have known for a long time now that I am nothing in the eyes of those around me that I am like a leper. I live a quiet solitary life in a world much akin to a leper colony where people don’t want to be seen with me. Much of it is because of my size and people have made fun of me all my life. They don’t want to be seen with the oversized man because it will cramp their style. This is how the people who had leprosy had to live and I can relate to their situation. People out there don’t know how sad I truly am and how many tears I have shed just wanting some human contact and a kind word. I am always worried about the spread of the current virus and knowing that people don’t follow the rules is why it is spreading even farther and wider than earlier predicted. I may sound harsh about the virus and what needs to be done, but I mean it in a way to help others and not hurt them. People have unfriended me because of it and some are family members. Truly, truly sad, but this leads me back to the knowledge that I am just a leper and will be avoided at all costs to promote their own idealistic thoughts and harsh realism. I am a person with feelings that do get hurt a lot because of those who are thoughtless in these matters. I often feel so alone and lost in a sea of the lost and I know I can speak with the Lord because he is the only one who truly knows my heart and what is inside. Remember when you cast a stone in my direction you are only getting hit yourself in ways you don’t understand. I lost the one who loved me and wanted to share their life with me to those who hate our way of life. Now I am attacked and blacklisted for speaking my mind. I will not beg and I will not ask for people to recognize me more than they would a dog or cat. I am a human with a heart and I will not lower myself to those levels.
So, I will continue being the Leper of Henry County.
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