The Delivery Man

Dr. Seuss may be a legend in the world of children's authors, but Sealy Seuss is a legendary delivery man, and in the adult world that is considered a much higher honor. Sealy Seuss is handsome. He has been delivering packages to satisfied customers for over twenty-five years, and age has only made him more beautiful. Sealy Seuss is smart. He isn't book smart per se, but he knows the way the world works, and he knows how to keep his customers happy, even if their packages aren't on time. Sealy Seuss is also responsible, and so he gets packages delivered on time. Sealy is likable and funny and very good at his job. 

But Sealy isn't complete. He will never be complete. He has a wife whom he loves and a daughter he adores. He has a house and a car and a dog. He has sentimentally valued objects scattered throughout his home. But he does not have the one thing he will spend the rest of his life wondering about. He does not have closure. 

Sealy has a secret. He is a homosexual, and in the world of delivery men, that is not exactly something a person can talk about. Sealy not only has this secret, and has not only kept it from everyone important in his life; he kept from the one person with whom he thought he could share it. And now, it's four years too late. 

Sealy, five years ago, met Christopher Jordan. Chris was a delivery man like Sealy, and he was nearly as good as Sealy as well. They could talk for hours about their customers, their wives, their hobbies and joys in life. They were great friends. 

And Sealy loved Chris like he had never loved anyone in his entire life. Not his overwhelming parents or his beautiful wife. Not his daughter, who he loved more than words could express. Sealy loved Christopher in a new and wonderful way, and in a way that he would never get to share with Chris. 

Four years ago, Chris died in a car accident. He just, one day, didn't come to work. The manager told Sealy in secret the reason, and Sealy, keeping his own secret, reacted as a man had to. He kept working, and he left his emotions behind him. 

Sealy never really discovered exactly how much he could love a person until he loved and lost the most important man in his life. He is still the best delivery man out there. He gets packages to their destinations, on time and in perfect conditions. But ironically, now that he has no more temptation, he is finding it harder than ever to keep his secret. He comes home from work and looks at his wife and he wants to tell her. He knows it would ruin their lives and their love, but he wants so much to be complete. He wants the closure he will never get. 

Sealy does his job and supports his family. He talks to his siblings, especially his brother Paul, who is proud of him. He is a good man. 

But the man who is not complete cannot fully be a man. At night, he spends a few minutes thinking about what his life could have been if Chris had not died. The life he makes up could never have really happened, but sometimes he thinks he believes the little white lie that everything would have been perfect if it weren't for that car and its driver. The details were never really made clear to Sealy. It was an accident. A fatal, life-changing, accident. 

Sealy is not a man who believes in revenge. He is a man who believes in people. But for four years, his secret and his loss have been building up in his mind. For four years, he has been dying on the inside, and he soul has been in unrest. Sealy doesn't know if he'll ever be complete, but he's going to try to make himself happier, one giant leap at a time.