Poems

By: JP

All day I been thinking about you
Seeing stars in the sky hoping it was you
And seeing your smile, I know it was cute
And talking to you on the phone, you always kept it true
Thank God that I met you
The first time I saw you I wanted to say
I love you
Just you and only you
Slow songs make me sad and mad
Just what we used to do
Now we older, we never gonna leave or cheat
And you always in my heart
You’re just pretty like you was never on Earth
But you fall out the sky and said I Love You

By: JP

I wake up seeing people in my face
People think it’s funny being locked up
I sit back reading books
While people is praying while I’m locked up I’m wishing for good luck
People are tired of being locked up
So when them doors opening
Better think about good stuff
If not you going to be wishing
That God had trust
People blessed outside seeing light
Locked up that’s all you can do is write
I want to be that good person in life
I been through the laws
Tired of being behind them doors
You need to be out they say if you have a child
You better be out there
People like me, I got a baby
I aint out there
Trying to keep my head up so I can be out
Them people beefing while they’re locked up
People outside doing dumb stuff to get locked up
I been seen it. I am not trying to fall
Got to be on top to tell these people who’s the boss

By SC

They say that your body can be locked-down,
but your mind is always free;
that your eyes can be closed shut,
yet wide open for you to see.

They say that you can be deaf,
but hear like you’re not;
that if you can think a little,
then you can imagine a lot.

They say that your hands are meant to feel,
and your nose is meant to smell,
but I’m not able to do much
while I’m locked-down in this cell.

Yeah, they thought they had me,
but I thought of this to a tee.
This shyt will never stop
as long as my mind is still free.

By DC

I’m hiding behind lines, with whatever will come to mind
I’m a master disguised penman…I’m someone different every time
And nine times out of a dime, my verbal presence will rhyme
Genres, subjects, and concept: I mastered them, every kind

I can be deep and tell you knowledge is the sea: you just let your mind be a port
Or comical: Just picture this…a grizzly bear in some shorts
Get political and tell you why that guy leaked the secret…naw
I’d rather let CNN be the speakers

You see it’s not what I fail to mention
You just gotta pay attention
What I intended might have missed you
When I spoke on an issue

You get it? I can be whatever I want to be
You only see my words; you don’t get to be familiar with me
It’s kind of like deception, but it’s just part of the biz!
You see how he just made you think he was more talented than he really is!

By: RD

I open my chest and hand my heart over to you!
You are now the keeper because it beats, it cries for you.
It’s up to you to keep it beating or kill it, which kills me too!
You asked for my loyalty, so I give you my heart to know my words are true.
You asked for the truth and, I’m truly in love with you.
My heart is the key to my feelings and my soul.
My love is like a furnace with endless wood,
so it will never go cold.
You have my feelings, heart, and soul.
Know these special things which you hold.
I’m giving you of which you ask of me because
I truly love you
and that’s the main thing I want you to know.

By RD

Tears fall while I’m in solitude
I’ve been in jail since I was sixteen
I’m now nineteen
When will I be free?

I made a bad decision
Hung with the wrong crowd
But give me a break
I WAS SIXTEEN!

I’ve learned my lesson
I’m not going home to do the same thing
I’m stressing so much I can’t even write a good poem
People say they can relate
But do you really feel my pain?

Tears fall while I’m in solitude
And there’s no one around to feel the rain

By AH

I’m trying to hold onto the future
Friends I have left
Because I realize ain’t no fame in being in prison
And ain’t no glory in death

The pain that runs through my soul
Has crept to my eyes
I’m hurt by the lies
Blinded by crud
If you look at my hands you will see
Nothing but blood

I’m a product of hate
A man with no faith
One that will kill to remain safe
Too torn by my past
To make love last
Went to sleep in peace
Woke up to the sound of a gun blast

And this may sound crazy
But I wanted to be a dope man since I was a baby
In love with women, money, and cars
My heroes were the men doing life behind bars
And I was taught to love with my mind
Because loving with your heart will get you killed every time

So who can I run to when I need love?
As I watch my mother fill her arms up with mud
Life as I know it is built off drugs
But the judge don’t want to know that
All he wants to do is give you 100 years flat
If only people would take a second to see
A thug is what I was forced to be
SOCIETY, YOU MADE ME!

R.I.P. Boy-Boy

By AH

I have looked into the eyes of a man of change
That knows that the street life brings nothing but pain
Am I just a casualty of this game?
Or simply a young man looking 2 make a name

My hood I claim
My gun I bang
But after the blood things r still the same
Regret is powerful in the heart of man
Especially when they said u did nothing
When forreal u was doing all u can

And I know powerful words from someone that sell drugs
And stands on the corner
And if I am so evil but u point the finger
What do that make u?

Good survival is the only mindset in our hood
Where money weighs more on people’s hearts than love
Where your own mother will set u up
And by the time u realize what happen
U r just another victim caught up in the rapture
So if I’m hardened cuz of my environment, excuse me
But I have a reason for moving so rudely

By: SW

Money is the root of all evil, like it’s grown from hell
Money can change a person, like life is for sell
People live for money, that’s why so many lives are thrown away
Some blame television; I just say money is modern day
Labor, sweat, blood, death, and tears all for the paper
We do so much for the color green, but not even half for our maker
Man made money, high authority makes law
Humans judge our life, in which they never saw
So before you judge me, I want you to judge yourself
We are all in our position today all because of wealth

By YA

Painter, change the color of my painting
Give it a little bit of color ‘cause it’s dark
Put some sky blue so I can have a taste of liberty
Erase these walls that hold me down
And add some wings to me
To fly far away from my captivity

‘Cause my daily living is sad and full of darkness
And many rain clouds gather around me
Leaving me wet of pain and cold in my soul
Paint a brilliant sun in my life so I can get dry
Because I’ve been trying to get dry with this cold breeze
But instead of getting dry I get more cold

Add the word home in my road
And the word family in my future
And I’ll be grateful the rest of my entire life

By RW

What if you were in here instead of me
Now from my eyes to your eyes you see what I see
What if your visiting days I didn’t come to see you
And I told you that the love we shared wasn’t true
What if it was your phone calls that I didn’t accept
How would you feel if I told you I fell in love with somebody else
What if I didn’t send you in when I knew you were broke
Or I said that the times we shared was just a joke
What if the person you loved the most turned their back on you at a time when your spirits was broken
And they weren’t there to help you through those hard times
What if the person told you they played with your mind
And that everything was a lie, every word that was ever said
How would you feel if you heard one of the girls call me her “Boo”
What if it was me on the outside instead of you?

Feel my pain…

By RW

I told myself, one day
One day I will cross the trenches to the unknown

I wondered to myself, why?
Why must those whom you love deceive you the most?

I figured out where:
Where the hatred, pettiness, and emotions rest inside

I asked myself, when?
When will the path be cleared
For me to walk a straight line into prosperity and love?

Then I told myself, one day
One day I will cross the trenches to the unknown