solitary confinement

Isolation

Isolation is not good for no one
Isolation is the killer of affection
One against another grows out of
a detachment born of a separation
born from misunderstanding.
Isolation kills our humanity…

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Muteness

America
For over half
of my natural existence
in this world
I’ve lingered
In sullen silence
Slowly withering away
like a dandelion without water

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Un-Named

The Dragon is inside of me roaring to be free.
Word to George Jackson, Angela Davis, and Assata Shakur.
When I read those books, their stories left me
Thirsting for more.

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Untitled

By VC Sit in a cell 24/7/365 and tell me if you can think straight Boxed in/locked in/no family/no friend Just a beginning/no end/can’t breathe/no air Mind gone with the…

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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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