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The Stages of the Ages | Angelina Alvarez | TEDxCarverMilitaryAcademy


Translator: Mohammed Liyaudheen wafy Checker: Riyad Almubarak

Hi everyone, My name is Lena

I am a supporter of the reformist group

My poem called “stages of the ages”

In my second year, she hugged me and stuck me to your chest

Your promise, is to not let me leave you

At the age of four, you told me you would not go

But … there are nights when I come home

At the age of six, I picked up flasks from the floor

Hope you do not scream at me what I did

When I walked through the door

At eight, she told me that as a mother I did not necessarily mean you alone

I did not even know what to deal with! …

I mean, I love my father, I really love him

But …. when I was eight years old

My mom asked that I held my hand better than the others

At ten, she decided to go back to me

Promise that everything will be better

You are a whole new person as it should be

At the age of twelve I realized

That an addict did not improve at night

I hated to see you and scream after all our fight

I cried and cried and I did not know what to do

I’m just a little girl, how can I save you?

At the age of 14, we rarely talked,

Your vision was very disgusting

At 15 years of age, I’ve gotten rid of you like viruses

Do not underestimate me, now that I know a girl needs her mother

But I found someone to fill this void

Yes she is skilled, she is not where you are

In the sixteenth, she got the license

At seventeen, I’m going to start looking for a college in my dreams

At 18, I’ll graduate

I will grow up

I will continue to grow

Along with people who showed me love when they were not there

In any case, thank you.

She showed me how women should deal

And how not to be like a mother

It’s okay how bad or bad things looked

I have people who love me

thank you.

(clap)

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