Still On My Journey (Sample)

Still On My Journey
lot. Unexpectedly, a voice speaks out in a frantic manner.
“Hold-hold!” Big Tee reaches out both of his arms and
catches Harvey in the nick of time.
Harvey is lying downward in his arms and his face is six
inches away from touching the pavement. The heat has
overtaken him.
Fred rushes back over to check on him. “Are you okay?”
Harvey catches his breath and his eyes reopened. “Damn that
was a close call!” Harvey looks around and his eyes roll back
into his head. He tries to sit up and begins to hallucinate.
“Where am I?” Out of nowhere, like a spring chicken he leaps
straight up onto his feet. “What happened?”
Harvey cuts a new path across the concrete pavement. He
rushes toward the water cooler and bends over. Harvey has his
head underneath the spigot on the cooler. His head faces the sky
with his mouth open as wide as a hippo. He guzzles down as
much water as he can. After he has a belly full of water, he lets
out a howl. Harvey can be a real character. At times he even
growls like a dog. Fred looks back at him with a smile on his
face. Now that he knows that Harvey will be okay, he makes his
way back to the same spot. The best view on the rec yard is the
parking lot with freshly cut green grass.
After Harvey’s near-death experience, the game is over.
Fred and the rest of the inmates form a circle. This is a typical
day on the rec yard, and everyone begins to reminisce about
times past. Each one of them recaptures their childhood and
talks about their regrets in life. Life has to a lot to offer, but you
have to be willing to give. Fred excuses himself away from the
circle. He wants to spend the last few minutes on the rec yard to
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