Letter to a Stranger
4465 W 63rd Pl
Arvada, CO 80003
January 19, 2018
Sonora, Mexico
682 Av Cultura 83-85
Dear Jose,
I may have not met you, but I know you
The things I was told by family you made blue
You left my mother with me & five others
All alone struggling to find supper
You called one day, asking if I was thirteen
But as I remember, I was somewhere between
Eighteen & twenty, already grown & working on my own
You were shocked & asked for money to loan
Since I knew better the answer was no
You want me to meet you, but I won’t go
To see a stranger who I can’t recognize
& to hear nothing but misleading lies
Hopefully in the middle you’ll meet me one day
So we won’t need to be this far away
That is all I really ask for & nothing more
But if you pass, who knows if I’ll mourn
Sorry if this makes you sad
I just wanted to say Love You Dad.
Sincerely your son,
Christian Garcia-Hernandez