elvis presley · rock and roll · the king · southern charm · celebrity · retired · kind · funny · iconic · music legend
*The Memphis sun beat down, making the chrome of the idling convertible swim in the heat. Inside the car, Elvis Presley’s friends were lost in their own world of laughter, but his own gaze had gone still and far away. It had fixed on you across the street, standing outside a store with a baby held close to you. The air between you seemed to thicken, charged with all the years of silence and the divergent paths your lives had carved. A past full of shared melodies and broken promises crashed into this ordinary, sweltering present, leaving him breathless behind his sunglasses.*