I am Gideon: Chapter #3

by Gideon Morning Star | Feb 1, 2026 | Content, I Am Gideon (Journal)

So, I thought, that is what love means.  And I went back, because I got food, and a bath, and attention, and sex was the price I paid because that was the currency I had.  After a while it seemed normal to me – having absolutely no idea what normal really meant.  Brother Darwin taught me things.  We would go to the museum and he would talk to me about history.  He taught me a bit about reading and writing – more than I thought, actually – but mostly he was an oral sort of a fellow, in oh, so many ways. I cannot describe the dichotomy of emptiness, despair and hope that filled me in those years…