Poems

By DJ

Life is a game
Life don’t make change
When you love your life growing up
You got to be trained

Life is too short
When you get your own responsibilities
You get off the porch

Life is a gamble
When you strung out on things
Your life just scramble
Life!!!

By RD

I’m spilling my heart with pen on paper.
I love myself; it’s preposterous to put my body in any bad situation.
Wherever your body go, your mind will follow with no hesitation.
So why put yourself in a cage?
I’m so angry with myself. You can just stand by me and feel my rage!

If you never been in a situation like this, believe me you don’t want to.
This is torment to your mind, body, and soul
And even though you know it will, it feel as though it will never end!
Just put it this way: If you believe in hell, this is hell’s friend.

Understand my poem, read it over if you have to!
I want you to visualize this picture I’m trying to paint
So you can see what I’m going through
Concentrate. Think about being down-graded and humiliated
Because people think they better than you.
Think about being unable to eat what you want
Because a person you don’t even know said you can’t!
Picture waking up wanting to go take a walk and get some fresh air
But you restricted, you just might faint!
Are you visualizing this portrait that I’m using my words to paint?
If not let me know because like I said,
My words, the paint, and I have plenty of ink.

Ponder on this: say you have a favorite show.
But it’s lock-down time, so now that show is a no-go
Now listen this is the low blow:
Having to strip naked whenever an officer say so!

I love myself and I want you to see
That’s why I paint this picture through this poem.
This picture is not pretty, but it’s here to help people reform.
I don’t know about you
But to live this life was not why I was born!

By RD

My star
You guide, you twinkle, you shine bright
Wherever you are
Just the thought of you sends my heart pumping
That’s how I know you’re not far

My star
You are light when there is none
Wherever you are
Just because of you my steps are steady
Because I know where you are
Happiness is not far

My star
My beautiful star
You are the center of my universe
Wherever you are
Wherever you go
I will follow a billion miles on foot
Even if I had a car

My star
My sweet star
I am night and you are my star
Therefore, whenever the sun sets
Our love is not far

By RD

People say I don’t care about anything but myself
But tell me, if you’ve been caged in like an animal,
How long would you stay yourself?

Me, I am still the same
I’ve just adjusted to my circumstances
I can’t be distracted, I can’t be distressed
I can’t take any chances (more…)

By RW

Do you remember
Falling in love?
Do you remember
When we first hugged?
Do you remember
When we first kissed?
Do you remember
When we first missed?
Do you remember
When you told me you cared?
Do you remember
When you told me you would always be here?

Remember when I told you
I’m playing for keeps
Remember when I told you
The love we share is deeper than the sea
I remember you told me
That you would never leave without saying goodbye
Looking at you from a distance
Makes me want to cry
Do you remember the letter you wrote me
And made these promises back in December…
Surely, I remember!

By JP

If common sense is the opiate of the masses
Then I’m the man of a thousand masks
Don’t try to figure out my character
Because it has chameleon characteristics
It changes with its surroundings,
The people who I may encounter
It is most times my defense mechanism
To keep others at bay
To throw you off
My smile is one of my masks
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By SG

The mask I wear is to protect my identity
When I don’t want you to know the real me
The mask I wear is to mask my emotions
To never give you the image of me looking vulnerable
The mask I wear is to always smile
Giving you the impression that everything in life is green
When my current state of mind is blue
The mask I wear

By RW

I remember a house full of kids
A heart full of fear
And eyes full of tears

I remember a pocket full of dead presidents
Mom don’t have to worry about the rent
My father is incarcerated
So it was the money order I sent

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By BM

When I wake up in this place
I wonder what you do when you wake up at home
I figure you wake up thinking about me
And count down the days until I come home

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By CE

I promised many things
But never kept up with the promises
From females
To my mother
To friends

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By DS

I made a promise to my mother
That I was never going to get locked up again
When I came home in December of 2012

But I made a mistake
Because my mind wasn’t right
And I ended up back in jail facing 30 years
Now, I’m just hoping that she would forgive me
And still be there for me