One Last Kiss

"Everyone has their own experience. That's why we are here, to go through that experience, to learn, to go down those paths and eventually you may have gone down so many paths and learned so much that you don't have to come back again." ~  Prince

The past few days have been soul wrenching. The transition of the earth light known to the world as Prince is of profound personal loss to me. 

As words are my medium, I wanted to take to pen and paper but it has been difficult to reroute my thoughts past my pain. 

Those closest to me know well my affection for the man and that his energy has been of great significance in my life. His genius has lifted me in times most needed and I am at a loss to consider what life in the earth plane will be like for me now that he is gone.

"Music is real. It affects people. It's real." ~ Prince

I staid my grief and saw Purple Rain on the big screen yesterday with my children. In the past, I have taken my son still growing at 32 weeks in my womb to the Musicology concert and attended the Welcome 2 America performance with my then 11 year old daughter. I was happy for them to experience him the way I had, larger than life with pure potency on stage and on the big screen that moves through the spirit of the heart. 

I hope Prince would be pleased at knowing both my children are musicians and I plan to develop them as artists in the philosophy of his tradition of excellence and personal freedom of expression.

"There are no accidents. And if there are, it's up to us to look at them as something else. And that bravery is what creates new flowers." ~ Prince

I was fortunate to meet him back in the 90's via one of his famous after hours parties at his Glam Slam nightclub in Minneapolis. He was all I had imagined he would be; warm, smart, pretty, and fun. It was my first time seeing him perform live and I left that night grateful that he knew what I knew, that we existed on the planet in the same space at the same time.

"Despite everything, no one can dictate who you are to other people." ~ Prince

Prince made me believe it was okay to be me. To be unique and creative, to be called weird and be cool with it. To love God and not apologize for wanting to know Him. To keep walking toward my own definition of personal freedom in spite of fear and ridicule.

When he left this plane, he took a part of me with him, but Nothing Compares 2 what he has given me. A legacy of love, self discovery, personal reinvention, the pursuit of knowledge and working toward excellence.

Prince wanted each of us to know we could live free and be great. He taught us that having faith in God and committing to excellence would get us there.

I thank you, Prince, my most excellent friend and brother for your ministry of teaching and healing and all you have meant to me in this life. Rest now in that world of "never ending happiness, where you can always see the Sun". 

As I bid you farewell with a wave and one last third eye kiss, I look forward to seeing you for now in my dreams and meeting you again in the Light of the Dawn.

"Everybody's looking for the ladder. Everybody wants salvation of the soul. The steps you take are no easy road. But the reward is great for those who want to go."  ~ Prince