confinement

Songs of a Struggle

Life is what I’m living behind these Prison Walls
Prison life a pressure, keep my back against the Wall
Separation and Death from loved ones, companions, and friends

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Resurrection

I keep looking at these trees
From this window, I can see
Them inside the cemetery
Each evening and now
They stand between me and the sky
I imagine weeping willows in the south

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Me and Jim Crow

By PJ Twenty years in ADX.* I’m asked, a lot, one question: How long have you been here? First, let me tell you something I know: (Feared, is the unknown;)…

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My Poem to Y’all

By AT I’m lock up thinking what should I do: Can’t write home, cuz Mom NEVER write back I’m lock up thinking what should I do: Baby mother block the jail phone,…

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I Forgot Who I Was

By HW I woke up one day feeling powerless & caged. I felt lost and afraid, it was freedom I craved! I felt like no one loved me & I…

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