This morning at 7+ in the morning..I was supposed to get up..but I was too tired. So I continued lying on the bed..
Suddenly, my mom barged into my room and told me, "Michael Jackson died!!".
I shot straight up. I couldn't believe my ears.
Was it really true?!
I thought and hoped that it could be a hoax..but..it's true..he's really gone.
The King of Pop is gone. The man who was able to cut across generations with his music and his dance..He was a genius.
I really admired him for that.
It's sad....it's so tragic that he had to live the life he did..despite the fame he got.

He had a bad childhood because of a father who constantly abused him mentally and physically.

Taken from Wikipedia:

"From a young age Jackson was physically and mentally abused by his father, enduring incessant rehearsals, whippings and name-calling. Jackson's abuse as a child affected him throughout his grown life.In one altercation—later recalled by Marlon Jackson—Joseph held Michael upside down by one leg and "pummeled him over and over again with his hand, hitting him on his back and buttocks".Joseph would often trip up, or push the male children into walls. One night while Jackson was asleep, Joseph climbed into his room through the bedroom window. Wearing a fright mask, he entered the room screaming and shouting. Joseph said he wanted to teach his children not to leave the window open when they went to sleep. For years afterwards, Jackson suffered nightmares about being kidnapped from his bedroom."

Not only that, he was accused of child molestation which caused him to lose his fortune and image.
I never believed the child molestation rumours. He doesn't seem like a person who would do such a thing. He has gentleness in his eyes and in his voice. He loves kids....that was it. He even made a private amusement park by the name Neverland..
In Peter Pan..Neverland was a place where anyone could be a child forever..
He probably just wanted a good childhood..and since he didn't get it..he wanted to give other children his dream.
But it backfired because instead of responding to his good deeds, they wanted more (people who wanted to exploit him used the kids). They wanted all his wealth. Michael Jackson lost almost everything because of the case.

I feel so sad for him...that he had to go through all that...and now that he was about to give his final curtain he had to leave the world like that..

REST IN PEACE MICHAEL JACKSON..
You'll always be my celebrity hero...

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Here's the lyrics to the song which he said most represented his feelings.

Have you seen my Childhood?
I'm searching for the world that I come from
'Cause I've been looking around
In the lost and found of my heart...
No one understands me
They view it as such strange eccentricities...
'Cause I keep kidding around
Like a child, but pardon me...

People say I'm not okay
'Cause I love such elementary things...
It's been my fate to compensate,
for the ChildhoodI've never known...

Have you seen my Childhood?
I'm searching for that wonder in my youth
Like pirates and adventurous dreams,
Of conquest and kings on the throne...

Before you judge me, try hard to love me,
Look within your heart then ask,
Have you seen my Childhood?
People say I'm strange that way
'Cause I love such elementary things,
It's been my fate to compensate,
For the Childhood I've never known...

Have you seen my Childhood?
I'm searching for that wonder in my youth
Like fantastical stories to share
The dreams I would dare, watch me fly...

Before you judge me, try hard to love me.
The painful youth I've had

Have you seen my Childhood....