incarceration

Penitentiary’s Soul

By AG Penitentiary’s therapy Thriller of the cage; Or is it rage? An emaciated man covered in a crimson crown, head unbowed. Stall-fed verifier Subsisting on other’s tears Or is…

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End of the Road

By TG 3:30 in the morning not a soul in sight. The prisons like a ghost town when the guards turn off the lights. Teardrops only tattoos there’s no crying…

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What I Don’t Say

By AB When I say freedom You hear closing cell doors When you say freedom I hear soft cries What I can’t say is peace of mind What I mean…

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My Struggle

By AF They lock us in these cages And throw away the key Say it ain’t no hope for me I was only sixteen When they gave me eighteen Man…

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Not Forgotten

By TTB I am just an afterthought To a world that is constantly moving But then… I am a wish to those who remember And miss me

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