UnLocK

It was a cold January morning in 2002.  I woke up at 4:00 am as I did every day to get ready for work.  I left out heading to the bus terminal that’s about a mile away.  I dressed for the cold and brought my little FM radio with me to make the walk more pleasant.

I arrived at the bus terminal at close to 5:00 am and a lady (looking homeless) was sitting there inside where the benches were underneath the radiator.  She then asked me if I knew when the bus would arrive and I told her, “In about 10 minutes.”  The bus came, we both got on.  Her stop was a couple before mine and I rode on to the Metro link.

The next morning I saw her there at the bus terminal again and this time there was another homeless man with her.  We got into a discussion about their situation and they gave me a different perspective.  The lady’s name was Kate and she mentioned that she was in college studying Marine Biology but didn’t have a place to live.

This confused me.  The fact that she could get a scholarship but no help finding a place to live.  We then saw each other on a regular basis and I got a chance to know her a little better until I didn’t see her one day.

It was a couple of years later I was coming home from work and I saw her at the Central West End Metro link.  It was busy with lots of people rushing to catch there busses and others trying to make the train.  She was laying on the ground covered with a blanked looking like she was asleep.  This area is common for homeless people to come and sleep.

I didn’t get a chance to talk to her and I haven’t saw her since but I often wonder if she got that degree.  Maybe I’ll find out one day and get a chance to ask her.

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