to whom it may concern....... april 17, 2011

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN…..



I lost it all in the blink of an eye.  I made moves and broke the law without even so much as thinking about the consequences.  Yeah, that’s right, I am guilty, but what about those who aren’t ?

It’s heartbreaking to look at my wife, because she knows that I am going to die, yet she pretends that all is well, and that I will be home in a week… and still next week comes and it is still the same.  I love her, so I try my best to prepare her for what is coming, but she refuses to see it.  She hopes…   It’s almost like she believe.  So much so that I believe a little bit too.

My son just sits and watches, it’s as though he knows what his mother doesn’t….  I think I hurt the worst for him, because he really knows the truth.  I wonder if he hates me…. or if he will some day…  I wonder about his life, and how it will be.  Will he hate the world because his father did ?  Will he punish people in the world as his father did ?  I think I see that madness in him at time…. Others, I see that meekness of his mother.

I woke up one day and I couldn’t control my hate…. I don’t even know where it came from…. I was weak, and because of that weakness, two men died !

An innocent man waits to die in some prison somewhere all over the world everyday.  You know how it is for my life… for my son… and for me, just imagine how it is for the innocent.  The fight may not end with the innocent, but it should start there.

Respectfully,
Tyree
April 17, 2011
04:18

**  Author’s note :    The young man I interviewed doesn’t wish to give his name, but he does want you all to know that he accepts responsibility for what he did, he just wants to help.
We are only as good as the things we do… no matter our plights.  Honor wears only one face, I hope to see that face in each and every one of you who read me.