If there is the light in the soul, there is will be beauty in the person. If there is beauty in the person, there will be harmony in the house. If there is harmony in the house, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation there will be peace in the world. -Chinese Proverb
Troy's Prayer
Another wasted day;
Another wasted night;
Another prayer I'll say tonight.
Dear heavenly Father from above, help me know this thing called love.
To accept people for what they are,
To live in peace and sin no more. Please help my homeboys to stay from all that is evil in every day.
Help them to know right from wrong.
To succeed in life and always be strong:
Help them to live and care for each other.
And help them from killing one another.
This poetry was written by a young boy called Troy Gorena. He wrote it while he was in prison, at the tender age of sixteen. The thought of being a Gang-Star and the experience of street gang dynamics got to him in prison, life was hard to him.
He was asking for forgiveness to to heavenly Father.
The above words were said few days before he died.
In addition to the above story:
Three months ago, a caller from Cape Town in South Africa called on Radio 702. The caller known as Shaun, admitted on-air of gang-raping when he was 19-years-old. He and co-accused were sentenced four years each to prison . He admitted on-air for being wrong and edged all male counterparts to respect women #STOPRAPE .
"I shouldn't have done it"; said Shaun. When asked why he gang-raped? he replied by saying, 'I wanted to please the ring leader'. This come after Anene Booysen, 17, who was brutally gang raped and mutilated in Bredasdorp, Cape Town.
Law Enforcement has been instructed to treat rape and murder with outmost urgency. " Government to increase mechanism like protection from Harassment Bill to protect women", said President Zuma at the State of the Nation Address on February 14, 2013. "Brutality and cruelty mattered out to the defenceless women is unacceptable", Zuma continued. Gang rape and murder of Anene Booysen highlights the need for unity and action.
DO THE RIGHT THING. NO MEANS NO
He wrote this a few months after his father died. He was sitting in his room not a sell. He had just enrolled back in high school and was trying to leave that life behind him. He was a wonderful person and was trying so hard to change his life around. When he was murdered he had already walked away from that life because he had moved away from the area, but had gone back to visit friends.
ReplyDeleteAlso it is Help them to LOVE and care for each other. Not live
DeleteHi Amanda, thanks for informing me. So you know Troy Gorena story?
DeleteHe is/was my cousin
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