A Reflection of Michael Jackson and his Memorial service

Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Current mood: curious

I dedicate this blog to my cousin Michael Edwards, I knew how much you loved Michael Jackson and what he meant to you life. He inspired you as a performer, as an artist, as a reflection of life. He taught you that it was always okay to express your self as an individual and to never give up on your dreams. I love you so much and I have always admired your talent as a performer. I’m glad that Michael Jackson inspired you continue to follow your dreams! I love you so much!Love, RhianaI also dedicate this blog to my friends, Billimarie,Natacha,Purity, Angela, and many others that were involved. Thank you for being there for me in this time of grief. What would I do with out you? You guys are true fans and rock with your personalities. It was amazing just amazing. There are certain moments where I cried, laughed, and went back in time. This was a moment in time. A moment in history where the world came together to honor a talented man who had so much so much love for the world and inspired us all. Music heals the soul and Michael Jackson did more than heal our souls, he healed the universe with his voice of peace. It was his dream to help the world and have the world come at peace. Even though I wasn't able to win the tickets and be there at the memorial. I watched it on TV and I felt like I was there along with the thousands and thousands of people celebrating and shedding tears over this great man. Everyone who spoke on that stage spoke from the heart. This man meant so much to the world that even athletes and people of the world of politics and ministry came forward to share their thoughts and feelings about this man. To me those are true words that are spoken. Till this day I still don't understand why some people out there have hate towards a man who wanted to love the world.

To people out there who hated him, if he was truly a bad man then why does the world love him? Why does the world continue to play his music, why does the world sing his songs, why does the world still dance to his music? Why would the world go out of it's way to honor some one if he was bad? What did he do to you? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. I never knew that some people have a problem with someone who wants to love you. As the artist Sade Said in her song,” Is it a crime that I still love you, and I want you to want me too. My love is wider than Victoria Lake. My love is taller than the empire state...it dives a joy and it ripples like the deepest ocean....." That’s the love that Michael Jackson felt for the world...Even greater than that! Is it a crime for Michael Jackson to love the world? No! Isn't it what god wants us to do is love?

The performances were amazing. Also most everyone who performed at the service mad me cry. They performed from the heart and the soul. Some made me speechless and almost broke down. I think the one that hit me hard was the performance of Stieve wonder. I got the chills everywhere and didn't say anything. Also the performances of Jermaine Jackson and Usher made me emotional. I give them infinite kudos they stood strong as they broke down on stage. But they still strong as performers.The poem that Maya Angelou wrote was phenomenal. Queen Latifiah read it well. Those words were very strong and emotional. I was on a different planet and imagined my self in a peaceful location. A location that is unexplained. I cried and I cried as the words came out of her mouth one by one.

Michael Jackson was a huge influences on my life and my family especially my cousin Michael. I remember the mornings that he would get up and dance and sing every single day to one of his songs. I remember buying him the album invincible. I remember my junior year of high school seeing him perform on stage in my advance drama class performing the song thriller with our class mates Robert and Remy and I have a picture of that. I remember driving up to Encino on my way home to see the Jackson family house with my cousin .I remember watching the wiz with my cousin he loved that movie. My grandmother showed me picture of my uncle who use to dress up like him in the "beat it jacket". She use to tell me stories of how girls use to mistake him for Michael Jackson and chased him into a phone booth. Evertime one of his songs would come on the radio we would sing and dance to it with pride. I remember seeing his music videos on TV. I remember last year for a Halloween party my friends and I were playing thriller and playing around while dancing in the dark. I remember taking a drive with my friend Casey singing his songs. So many so many memories of the great.

Today had me thinking a lot. Not about a man who sang and danced and wanted to change the world. I thought about my cousin, my family, my friends and everyone I love. Will this be the end of an era? This is just the beginning. It is up to us as well as the rest of the world to make a change. If this man can bring the world through life and death, let’s follow him in his dream to make the world a better place lets not do it only for him lets do it for the world. We need each other. Michael Jackson showed is his identity, he showed us our stability, and how we can function together as a community. I love you Michael Jackson! Thank you for your music. Thank you for your love. Thank you for changing the world and bringing us together as one. One brave new world that can conquer anything as long as we believe. We are the world! You are the man in the mirror. I do remember the time when you walked the face of the earth. Your music and story will live on forever and it will never die!Rest in Peace Michael JacksonA True Hero to the world1958-2009

"I am somebody, I will follow my dreams, I will change the world, this is my dream, and this is my destiny"-Rhiana Wilson