Wrong Place, Wrong Guy
********************** Mario Rocha is an old friend of mine from California who was wrongfully imprisoned for over 7 years. He was stabbed several times while locked up, but left the State Penn. a seasoned poet! This one's for you Super Mario!***************
A child's life evaporated
gone in a second's time
arrived to a teenage party
arrested
for a gang banger's crime
a night spent with friends
fifteen,
acting his age
the remainder of his years
left to die in a cage
so many witnesses
none could tell
speak truth, you die
and family
pays the hell
aboard a train
that stops for no one
guilt or none
receiving a fair retrial
has rarely been done
the kid never lost
the battles
in his head
but exercised his demons
with words instead
freedom taken
but none could rob him
of the dreams in his heart
though his nemeses stopped at nothing
to rip
his life apart
still that prison train
blazed down the track
tried to silence him
with fifteen stab wounds
to his back
they failed to kill him
only made him stronger
but his family knew
he wouldn't last
much longer
unknown enemies
returned with more severity
the second time
ensuring the kid paid
for someone else crime
they failed again
justice kept him breathing
the same justice
that's been absent
since that fateful evening
innocent
he never gave up hope
there were no obstacles
in life
for which he couldn't cope
just as the belief
of his strongest loved ones
began to disappear
his unbreakable faith
became crystal clear
through painstaking persistence
justice was served
during the fair retrial
he and his family
always deserved
incarcerated,
the boy became a man
much older than years
writing was his therapy
protecting him from fears
through all the pain
self-pity never gave him
a good reason to cry
even though they chose him
wrong place...wrong guy
Copyright © Jslambert Mister Roboto | Year Posted 2011
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