The Day a Pen Saved My Life
February 18th 2015 I was walking home from a night of clubbing with some friends. That’s when I saw two gangster looking latino guys on the street talking. They looked a little suspicious but I told myself ‘don’t be racist’ and ignored them and kept on walking past them. Then I hear ‘what’s up homie?’ and they begin to walk up towards me. I try to be cool and just said ‘what’s up’? Then one of them says: “That watch is pretty coo how about you let me have it?” My heart begins pounding. I didn’t know what I had done in this world to deserve this. I just told them “Yeah no I don’t think so guy” Then one of them said ‘I guess we jus gone have to take it then”. My heart skipped a beat. I just looked and them and whaled ‘why are you doing this to me?!” to which they responded “shouda just given it up faggot” I don’t know what the heck came over me but I just starting thinking of Matthew Shepherd in my head and had a flash on him laying on that fence in Wyoming and I re...