THE LOST LETTER

Searching

It’s been 4 days now and I haven’t heard from “him” ever since he ran out of
My office on Monday afternoon,
He hasn’t been answering my calls,
I don’t even know where he lives,
That child was a blessing, although he had a lot to deal with
But he surely deserved the love from everyone,
His mind was powerful,
And his heart was too deep,
I will keep on trying to find him and trying to make sure he’s okay.
So I decided to find anyone who might come with me to where he lives and go check on him,
I went on Instagram and Facebook and checked the people he used to talk to
Trying to find people who can help me,
His girlfriend hasn’t been replying to my messages,
She probably thinks I’m someone who wants to hurt him and her.
I left so many messages in her Instagram direct message, hoping she opens them
And gets back to me.

I decided to leave one last message.

“Good morning, please respond ASAP it’s urgent, I’ve been trying to get a hold of him for days now
I’m very worried, can you please send me his street name and I’ll go and try to find him, please”

I barely slept on those nights
It was as if he was one of my children.

So I told myself that the next morning I will drive around looking for him
I can’t just give up on a child like that, I never gave up on mine.
Something must have happened for him to rush out my office like that
And to no longer come and visit me.

Sometimes we all wish to disappear
For a while and come back when we feel like it                 _f.p

After hours of not having a way forward
I was able to get some rest for an hour,
And it was morning already

Still no response, it’s as if no one is willing to help,
What’s the point of social media if people can’t use it for serious issues?
But that morning I then headed out to took a drive around his area
To try and find something
While I was driving around
I met some boys who were smoking at the corner, and asked them if they know
Anyone by “that name” and they had no idea who I was talking about,
I continued to drive around and asked few girls who were walking.

“I think we know him, but we are not sure, if we are talking about the same person, because the one we know he is hardly outside but you can drive straight and turn left at that corner, if it’s who we think it is then you might find him”

I followed the directions and the street was empty, so the plan left
Was to go knocking door to door…

The first house I knocked at, they said they don’t know him
The other two said I should continue going down the street…
Seems to me like,
He wasn’t making this up when he said he doesn’t like people.
He was so anti-social, an introvert indeed.

I continued to look, and I was getting tired,
I have checked about 7 houses and no sign of him.

After hours of searching, I decided that I should head home, he could be
There and if not I should rest.
I’ll continue to look for him tomorrow…

I keep on searching for you
And yet you left clues in my heart
                                             _f.p

When I got home
I looked at the notes I took down
Every time he spoke to me,
Trying to find a clue
Something I can use.

But nothing was of help.

Time goes by faster
When you need it
                          _f.p

I was slowly giving up,
And ended up making conclusions in my head,
And scenarios, on Monday morning (after the weekend) when I decided to check my Instagram
I found a message and it was from “his” girlfriend.