Words of My Life

They said he would fail. They said he would end up in jail, or dead. Instead, he became a soldier, a father, a teacher, and a man saved by God more times than he can count.Words of My Life is a collection of more than ninety raw, honest poems from Roberto Rios Jr, known to many as Sergeant Rios. The poems are written in plain, repeating lines that circle a question until it cracks open. Together they capture the thoughts and feelings of a life lived hard and examined late.Inside, you'll meet a young man running the streets and a father whose sons changed everything. You'll meet a soldier who spent twenty years training for war and praying for peace, then wondered whether his country ever noticed. There's a high school teacher facing lunch duty and parents who don't want to hear it. And there's a man who survived a train, a grenade, a drunken 100-mph drive, and a stroke, and came to one conclusion: God saved him for a reason.Some poems ask the questions we avoid. Can you be alone in a crowd? What will people really say about me when I'm gone? Others offer simple, hard-won answers about love, regret, respect, and faith.These poems aren't meant to be polished. They're meant to be felt. Read between the lines, and you may find your own story there.Open Words of My Life and hear from a man who lived every word.