AT FOURTEEN /or/ I MISS YOUA Poem by Robert FilosI just wrote this and can't describe it yet too much
at fourteen it's a big world
i was fourteen once myself when you are fourteen it's a big number i have a daughter who is fourteen now at twenty-one there is a new freedom i was twenty-one once myself you don't know freedom after twenty-one years in prison i have a daughter who is twenty-one now at fourteen your world is small i was fourteen once myself when i was fourteen thirty-five seemed a lifetime away i'm fifty-three this year i have a daughter who is twenty-one she is getting married this year she is still my baby you were fourteen when you went to prison i have a daughter who is fourteen she is still my baby you were in prison for twenty-one years when i was thirty-five twenty-one years seem a lifetime away it is still three years away you were fourteen when you went to prison you were in prison twenty-one years you were thirty-five when you died i never visited you in prison you were in prison twenty-one years i never visited you while you were in prison you were fourteen when you went to prison i never visited you while you were in prison i never knew you Erika Rocha until today when i heard that you died in prison you were in prison twenty-one years Erika Rocha i never visited you while you were in prison i miss you Erika Rocha i have a daughter who is fourteen now http://womenprisoners.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ErikaRocha.png
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StatsAuthorRobert FilosNationwideAboutI write what I call Folkwritings. These can be in many forms but generally are writings by and for folks. Some of the headinds I write under are Folkwritings from the Future, Writings for the Revoluti.. more..Writing
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