"OF LIFE...AND DEATH"

"Yeah He Drank A Lot.................It Was His Way................He Loved The Drink..............And All The Pills And Drugs......................... That Went Along With It.....(And I Must Admit...There was Some Violence Along The Way.......Im Not Painting Him As An Angel...................And Then?.......At That Point.................He Ended Up With A Divorce From His Wife.....And His Two Daughters Who Were 9 And 10
At That Point?...........He Went Into A Rehabilitation Program To Show He Was At The Least...Trying


Heres Where It Doesnt Seem Fair.......And I Swear...It Is.....Just Not Right!!!

After A Period Of Maybe 2 Months Of Being Sober?........"As Any Father Or Mother Would...He Wanted To Be Able To See His Kids".........But The Evil Wife..(Who Partied Along With Him During That Time?)
Refused To Let Him See His Kids.....And Im Sure That It Hurt Him
And What Did That Do To Him?..........."He Went Back To Drinking"

His... By This Time... "Evil Wife"....Convinced The Oldest Daughter To Hate Him..........Which She Surely Did A Good Job Of.........Upon Ricky Realizing This?........"It Broke Him Altogether"
He'd Go To Her House To See His Kids....And She'd Call The Cops
(Try Being Him For A Moment....You Have The Cops Telling You To Leave The Premises...When All You Wanted To Do Was See Your Kids)

.Of Course He Refused To Leave...Id Have Done The Same Thing
("I Want To See My Kids!!"...He'd Yell)....And Of Course...My Brother Ricky... Gets Arrested Because He Wanted To See His Kids).....I Cant Tell You How Many Times I Had To Get Rid Of Him Because He Was Drinking Again
It Wasnt A Nice Feeling Looking At Him In The Rear View Mirror... Of Him Standing In The Middle Of The Street Watching Me Drive Off...(A Real Guilty Feeling I Carried) ...I Can Still See Him Today Standing There

He Never Got to See His Kids Ever From That Point On......But Even Though My Brother Ricky Died In 2001?
I Am Proud Of Him.....Why?
"Because...For The Last 2 Years Of His 48 Years On This Earth?..."He Was Sober"

For Someone To Quit Drinking And Drugging At The Same Time?...."They Need To Have A Loving Caring Family"....I Was Raising A 2 Year Old Son At The Time By Myself.....I Had To Turn My Back On My Own Brother"............"It Was My Brother?.... Or My Son

My Mother And Father Were In Hiding...Even I Didnt Know Where They Were

So...To End This?........Whoever You Are?......."Please Dont Refuse That Mother Or Father...Who Is Trying To Turn Their Life Around
From Visiting Their Own Damned Children

It Could Be A Matter Of Life...Or Death