Robin de Puy Instagram – I got to know Jeffrey about four years ago as a curious, bright youngster with an enormous head of hair that danced just as frivolous in the wind as he danced through life. He wanted to become a farmer and live off the land. He and Kodie spent most of the day fishing, crossing on motorbikes and hunting bobcats. The two boys lived without boundaries or rules in their own paradise. They played cowboy with real bullets and nobody said a word.
Now that adult life arises, it appears to be harder than he thought it would be. His mischievous smile occurs now and then, but is often overruled by a gnawing sense of loneliness. His appearance has also changed. He has grown, and has become stronger. His hair is tide tightly together and he marked his body with scares of shapes and words. “As a kind of tattoos.”
“Do you feel this is the right place for you to be?” Heartfeltly I hope for a yes for reasons I don’t dare to say out loud. “Yes, here I can be whoever I want to be. Nobody intervenes with me.” Then I ask him the question that has been on my mind all day and of which I already know the answer. “Do you trust yourself with a gun?”
“Not really, no. When I get angry I might use that gun. I know that for a fact.” | Posted on 31/Oct/2023 22:10:16
