The Man In The Mirror

During this time of great loss I would like to send my prayers first out to the Jackson family. Underneath the parade of antics that followed him he was still a son, a brother, a father and friend and to lose someone so dear to your heart is always devastating.

June 25,2009 Michael Jackson dies at the age of 50 from cardiac arrest

It is around 3 0r 4pm eastern time and the entire world is watching to find out if the great king of pop will recover from what was described as a cardiac arrest. He collapsed in his L.A home and was rushed to the hospital in a coma. We will soon learn in the coming hours that the UCLA doctors were unable to revive him and he ultimately passed away. The deep feeling of unbelief could be felt across the nation as his life chronicled from his infamous beginnings in the Jackson 5 to his untimely death at the age of 50. However, unlike the many who stood outside the hospital for hours and the fanatic fans who attempted to break into the hospital to get one last look at the Michael Jackson I sat on couch emotionless. I watched CNN, FOX, Local News, E true Hollywood story, bet and MTV and couldn't help but ask my self, Do they really feel as sad as they are portraying themselves to be?

Michael Jackson was a child molester. I do not think I realized how bad it was until I saw the case being played out on the E true Hollywood story that briefly shed light on the many allegations that followed him in the later part of his career.In the end he was exonerated on all counts but I was not surprised. As a victim of such abuse I do understand how hard it is to have to prove a case when it is your word against the abuser and the only evidence you have is the memories that are etched in your mind of the abuse inflicted on you by someone you trusted. In the court of law memories do not count for anything. However, after hearing snippets of the children he abused young and old I knew that this man was in fact a child molester. He had a bad spirit within in him and while he made wonderful music and broke racial barriers his actions towards young boys must not be forgotten. The world may sweep under the rug the man he truly was on the grounds that he was a great artist but the spirits he destroyed for the sake of his own pleasure must not.

This man was broken inside and it manifested in his many attempts to change his outward appearance but at the end of the day God knows the "true man in the mirror" may one day the world wake up and do the same.