It's been over a month now since one of my biggest heroes passed away, and still I mourn everyday as if I knew him personally.

Johnny Cash was more than a musician. He was more than the Man in Black. He was a true human spirit. Johnny Cash lived life. Not only did he live his life, he took inside someone elses life with every song he wrote. He made us feel for Ira Hayes, the men sitting inside a prison cell listening to the world pass them by outside, for a boy named Sue. When I feel disgusted with this country I live in, and how it's gone to hell, Johnny Cash reminds me what means to be American. For this, I not only call Johnny Cash a genius, but a true humanitarian.
I know Cash was ill. I know he had recently lost the love of his life. But still, I was not ready for him to leave this world. I am only comforted in knowing his voice, his story, his songs, his legacy will forever live on.