May 13, 2011

A Posting from Donny Welch

From Lonely Dragon by Donny Welch (author's profile)

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Hey everyone, I want to tell you a little more about myself. I am what a lot of people would call a captain save a ho. What that means is that I have a tendency to try and rescue people who are in serious trouble. I was a short, chubby, shy, smart kid that wore glasses, roughly translated that means I was everyone's favorite target. If it wasn't for my brothers and sisters I probably wouldn't have survived until puberty. So I have always had a soft spot for the nerd, geek, queer, punk or anyone who didn't fit in and I can't walk away from someone getting hurt. You wouldn't believe how many times the person I was trying to help ended up attacking me. After I hit puberty I went through a growth spurt and I got big, God has a strange sense of humor. I went from 5'6 and 180 lbs to 6'1 and 213 lbs. No one even recognized me. They thought I was a new 12 yr old kid. Everyone who used to beat the hell outta me wanted to be my friend and the girls who laughed at me when I was getting bullied were all of a sudden flirting with me, I like the people who don't fit in. For a while there, my life was kinda screwed up, my mom was the only brightness in my life and my imagination kept me sane. My step dad was a sick bastard and the shit he did to my family has left scars to say the least. However, my life has been a cake walk compared to the lives some of my friends have survived. Molestation, beatings, mental abuse, prostitution and serious drug addiction trying to forget about the rest of the crap. We band together in the hope of a little happiness, try to look out for each other. No matter where I live within a couple months I usually have 5 to 15 people living with me. They need help and I try to give it, I keep the bullies off them, give em a place to stay with no strings attached, try to help em past all the horrible shit society has put em through. I get got sometimes, stolen from, fights with em for BS, sometimes I get my heart broken, they do it so they can stronger for once. After all if they can hurt a big badass dude like me then they can't be totally weak and helpless. I love all of you and if you ever need a hand look me up. Eventually, I will be back out there. One person can change the world, one person at a time. So I will continue being a captain save a ho because honestly, we are all worth saving. My goals are pretty simple, I figure that if I can make one person's life better, at least a little bit, then I have changed the world and I win, hell if it works we all win. Peace to all of you, take care of yourselves :).
Donny

Freedom
Why do you run?
Because I cannot fly,
What is it for?
To be one with the sky,
What do you gain?
The joy of life here and now,
Is it a religion?
It's just to be free,
What will you do next?
I will run to the sea,

I hope you like this, love each day of your life, that's what it's all about :).

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