Poetry by Juan Ortiz
Love and ViolenceBy Juan Ortiz Human beings are the most violent animals on the planet. No…
Juan Ortiz BN7986
SAFT Prison
P.O. Box 5246
Corcoran, CA 93212
I caught my first case at the age of 14. Since then, it’s been the Hall, County, Prison. After my first arrest I never been in the free world for longer than six months straight. Consistently in and out of the system. So yeah, this is my first life. But I been to a lot of places, seen lot of faces and shook a lot of hands, inside and out the system. My path has been an extreme one. I escaped death more times than I can remember. Been disappointed more times than I can count. But the hardest challenge to bounce back from was a broken heart. I know what it feels like to sit on large amount of money. But also know what it’s like to sleep under a bridge. I been writing music, poems. stories for as long as I can remember. Most of them real life events. At moment the I still fight for my freedom. I did a lot of maturing in this latest journey. I had many different experiences in life. But in the end, it took a life sentence to get me to open my eyes.