incarceration

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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The Unknown Words of Solitude

By AP They say I should be used to living in a cage Because all my life I have been trapped in pain But if they only knew solitude educated…

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From State to State

By SHA Since a teenager I moved from state to state Experiencing different lifestyles and cultures I never knew existed Even though I was incarcerated it was a journey That…

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39021-007

By LC 39021-007 That is my number till I pass away to heaven It belongs to me the thirty-nine thousand twenty-first man to be sentenced and sent away from D.C.…

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Mastering the Pain

By JG Feeling everything so deeply Can be a gift and a curse My happiness is true bliss Everything just works Suddenly, joy is replaced with pain Clear skies fill…

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