The Cycle

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64132
United States
38° 59' 34.566" N, 94° 33' 7.6572" W

WHERE I COME FROM GIRLS TEN AND UP HAVING BABIES. NOT KNOWING THAT'S NOT WHATS UP! NO BABY DADDY AROUND, NO WHERE TO BE FOUND.
TO BAD SOME MY FRIENDS IN THE SAME SITUATION. MAMA'S NOT CARING. SO WHEN ONE DAY SHE WAKE UP HER BABY HAVING A BABY. TO BUSY TO PAY ATTENTION HER BABY OUT ON THE STREETS TWO AND THREE WHILE SHE DRUNK OR SHE SLEEP. THINKING SHE GROWN AS CAN BE, DOING HER LITTLE THING, TO YOUNG, IGNORANT NOT KNOWING TO USE PROTECTION NOW SHE GOT A STD.
KIDS AT SCHOOL TALKING AND PASSING NOTES ABOUT YOU. YOU TOLD YOUR BEST FRIEND WHAT YOU GOT. NOT KNOWING SHE RUNS HER MOUTH ON THE SPOT; LIKE A SIGN SAID RUN AND DONT STOP.
YOU STUCK IN CLASS TRYING TO DEFEND YOUR SELF. COME TO FIND OUT YOUR BEST FRIEND TURNS ON YOU SO YOU BY YOURSELF WITH NOBODY WHO CAN HELP. NOW YOU STUCK IN THIS WHOLE TRYING TO GET OUT AND BREATH. BUT THE AIR IS POLLUTED WITH THIS NEW THING...SO AND SO GOT HIV! ITS NOT FUNNY WHEN ITS ABOUT YOU AND ITS TRUE.
NOW YOU DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO. EVERYBODY KNOWS. NOWHERE TO GO; GOT A BABY ON YA HIPS. YO MAMA IS FULL SPITE. NOW SHE THE ONE YOU CALLING BOOT-C.
WHILE SHE MAKING HER MONEY, YOU OUT ON THE STREETS TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING TO EAT. SHE GOT A HOUSE, HOT WATER AND ALL. YOU AND THE SAME WANNTED TO BE GROWN AND LOST IT ALL! ALL YOU WANTED WAS ATTENTION. NOW YOU GOT THE SPOT LIGHT. NOW YOU WANT TO BE SHY AND AFRAID. AND WANT TO BLAME IT ON THE SILLY ASS GAME.
GOT HIV AND A BABY, NO HOME, NOTHING AT ALL. GOT PULLED OFF THE STREETS. HAD YA BABY, COME TO FINDOUT SHE WAS BORN WITH HIV. NOW YOU CRYING, PRAYING DOWN ON YOUR KNEES, HOPING AND WISHING SHE LIVES TO SAY HER FIRST WORD MOMMY.
TRIED TO WORRY ABOUT YOURSELF. GETTING ON YOUR FEET, YOUR BABY IS TWO AND ALL SHE KNOWS HOW TO SAY IS F--K YOU. SEE SHE SEE'S HER DADDY EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. 6 YEARS OLD, LISTEN TO WHAT HER MAMA SAID... DONT BE SLOW; BE FAST, DONT BE DUMB; BE SMART. ONE DAY YOU GONE HAVE TO MAKE THAT MONEY. WEAR PROTECTION SO YOU WON'T SPREAD. TEN YEARS LATER HER MOTHER'S DEAD.
NOW SHE SIXTEEN WITH A BABY. NEGATIVE FOR HIV. SHE'S HEALTHY AND STRONG. AND KNOWS HER DADDY. HE'S A DOCTER, HE KNOWS THE GAME THATS HOW HE BECAME . TWENTY- SIX GOT A BABY WITH A SIXTEEN YEAR OLD. GETTING HER CLOTHS, SHOES, MONEY AND ALL THAT SHE NEEDS.
NOW HE THINK'S HE OWN HER...OH NO NOT ME! IM SIXTEEN AND CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF AND MY OWN BABY. HE TRY'S TO HELP, SHE PUSHES HIM AWAY. SHE LIVES TO SEE EIGHT TEEN. THE BABY LIVES WITH HER FATHER. NOW SHE SIX TEEN. HE KEEPS HIS EYE ON HER KNOWING SHE MIGHT END UP LIKE HER MOTHER. THE YOUNG GIRL FINDS OUT ABOUT HER FAMILY'S PASS. SHE DARES TO BE BETTER. BROKE THE CYCLE; AND NOW ALL THAT SPITE ABOUT HER FAMILY'S PASS IS HISTORY!

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