ANGEL MARTINEZ

THIS IS A VERY SAD STORY...WANNA SHARE IT WITH MY AUDIENCE.. TODAY...I'M FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ADDED AS A WRITER FOR ANGEL MARTINEZ...A FATHER OF 3...WAS MARRIED...HAD A HARD LIFE OF DRUGS...HE WAS LIKE FAMILY...HIS WIFE WAS MY OLDEST DAUGHTER'S SISTAH IN LAW..ANGEL WAS TASHA'S WIFE FOR 15 YEARS...WHERE SHE STAYED BY HIS SIDE...HELPED HIM GET PASS HIS ADDICTION...IN 1998... THEY FINALLY WENT THERE SEPARATE WAYS...SHE'S NOW WITH ANOTHER GENTLEMEN..HAS 2 MORE CHILDREN..ANGEL ON THE OTHER HAND.. MET ANOTHER LADY..LIVED TOGETHER...HAD ANOTHER SON..WHERE ONCE AGAIN.. THE STRUGGLE OF HIS DRUG USE..ESCALATED...GOT WORST...HE WAS PICKED UP FOR DRUG POSSESION...WHERE HE LANDED IN JAIL FOR 4-6 YEARS...CAME OUT CLEAN FOR ANYONE WHO BEEN THROUGH THIS..KNOWS PAROLE IS THE NEXT STEP 2 BEING FREE...SO..HE WAS MANDATED 2 A PROGRAM..UP IN HARLEM.. CALLED SCARED STRAIGHT..IT'S SPONSORED FROM BLACK AND LATINO CELEBRITIES HIP-HOP ARTIST...HE STAYED IN FOR A YEAR...LEFT..WHERE HE GOT PICKED UP AGAIN FOR VIOLATION OF HIS PAROLE...SPEND 6 MONTH IN JAIL...GOT OUT..RETURNED TO THIS SAME PROGRAM...HE STARTED DOING BETTER...GOT A JOB WORKING FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ..HERE IN NYC..WHERE HE HAD ONE MORE MONTH TO FINISH...WELL..ON MONDAY...I DID HIS EULOGY...OVER THE WEEKEND..YOUR ALLOWED TO COME OUTSIDE..VISIT FAMILY MEMBERS FOR DA DAY....THEY FOUND HIS BODY IN A BURGER KING BATHROOM ..ON SEATED HUNCHED OVER..MAINLINED..THE "NEEDLE" STILL LEFT IN HIS ARM...WHEN I GOT DA NEWS...I WAS KINDA PUZZLED...COZ I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM IN YEARS TASHA'S BEEN WITH JOHN..SO I FORGOT ABOUT THIS MAN...WHEN THEY CALLED MY DAUGHTER..SHE CALLED ME..ASK ME WOULD YOU SAY SOMETHING FOR THE FAMILY AS SUPPORT OF THE FAMILY..I SAID ..OF COURSE I WILL..AND WITH THAT IN MIND.. I SAT DOWN WITH PEN IN HAND..STARTED WRITING A EULOGY...THIS IS WHAT I SAID... "ANGEL" OF MERCY"..GOES HOME A BIRD IN DA HAND..WAITS IN FLIGHT..AS THE BURDEN OF SIN.. KNOWS NO PLACE OR TIME...WHEN THE HOUR STRIKES...THE BELL TOILS THE BODY SURRENDERS..THE SPIRIT GOES HOME 2 HEAVEN... WHERE MY SOUL WAITS...GIVE ACCOUNTS FOR DISMISSAL...WHERE GOD B DA JUDGE...ANSWERS 2.. A LIFE WORN...TIRED..CAN'T TAKE IT ANY LONGER...THE CRIES..THE PAIN..THE ACHES..THE SUFFERING... GOODBYE LIFE..MY WIFE...MY CHILDREN...I HAVEN'T CHANGED..WHEN I TRIED..I FAILED..I'M OUTTA THIS WORLD NOW...FORGIVE MY MISTAKES.. I LOVE YOU..LET ME REST...DON'T GRIEVE..DON'T CRY...BE HAPPY...I'M WITH GOD..THE OTHER SIDE..WHAT WAS LOST ON EARTH...THE PATH WAS CALLING ME...I FOLLOWED 2 HEAVEN'S GATE...I'LL BE ALRIGHT NOW.. LIVE ON..TELL MY SONS...I'M SORRY..I LOVE U...THE DOVES ARE IN FLIGHT...I'M IN GOOD HANDS...GOTTA GO NOW..PEACE...BY..CREATE.. MS S JORDAN....HE WILL BE MISSED... *THOUGHT I MENTION* REST IN PEACE ANGEL.... 1969-2008