All Apologies

He told a story. I won't tell it to you now. It was about life, death, being a bystander or taking part. He apologised for his "silly thoughts". They weren't silly in the slightest. They were observational, philosophical, thoughtful, thought provoking. I would have told him so but we don't speak anymore. Once, when we did speak, I told him off for being too self deprecating. He asked me what that meant and so we looked it up in a dictionnary which he always kept nearby. He laughed. He had an open mind and a hunger to learn. What else should he be.