I have forgotten just how much I love Pink Floyd’s Piper at the Gates of Dawn album.
I got a surprise phone call on Sunday. MyDavid called me, I haven’t talked to him in a couple of months, and the first thing he said was that he had someone who wanted to say hi. I figured it would be Phil. Brother Phil is the man who introduced me to this album. It was Dehn. I was genuinely surprised to hear his voice. I adore Dehn. I always have. But then my second surprise was that MyDavid and Dehn were together. Now I need to rewind a bit…
MyDavid used to take me to the monthly bonfires when I lived in Hawaii. I was almost always the only girl. Also the only straight person at these bonfires. That is where I first met Dehn. MyDavid did not like him at all. He especially did not like that I liked him as much as I did. I think that Dehn left a bigger impression on me then I ever left on him.
After I left Hawaii he was someone that I thought about occasionally but figured that I had long left his mind.
Several years later a roommate and myself went to Hawaii. MyDavid told me that Dehn was working in a shop that was right by where we were staying. She and I walked over to his store and he knew me as soon as I walked in. I was shocked that he not only remembered me but that he recognized me so easily.
I sent him post cards for a while after that visit but haven’t heard his voice or any sort of contact in 6 years.
He said he was going to be a drive away from me in the near future. I got his phone number. He said he had mine. I like to think that maybe I’ll get to see him but I know it won’t happen. Not until I head back to Hawaii again.
