A Key
This is not a poem
It’s not a sonnet
It’s not a written piece of verse
It’s not a prose inscription
Arranged poetically
It’s not an essay of few words
Nothing to Hide
All this wasted time in a federal prison
I didn’t take the cotton out my ears and put it in my ears and listen
This isn’t the way to spend life, I won’t do this anymore
I’m still young and there’s a lot of positive things I haven’t done before
Hidden Within the 13th
One word killed the Eric Garners and George Floyds of America.
One word deprived them of life and happiness.
One word hinders African Americans from the sweet joy of liberty.
One word denies us our equality.
One word allows injustices to go unchecked.
One word permits the violation of our rights.
One word created mass incarceration.
Free Minds Poem
When nobody was there, you was
When life brings me down, you’re always there to help me up
When I’m not feeling good, you always know what to say to put a smile on my face
It’s like you can read my mind even though we are so far away
And when I thought life was blank, you guys taught me how to pick back up my pen again
So I wanna thank all of my Free Minds friends for helping me open my camera lens
Me in 23
Suppressed echoes encased in sincere truths, I lay low like fog and touch many like raindrops embodied by force… I am significant
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