Inmate Poetry

I hold within a heart very close to zero pulses

The valves remain frozen while I’m locked in self-focus

It’s best to hold affection, face, rejection if projected

Do I not contain a soul or is it to keep myself protected

My statements come bare, so bare, it’s hard...

I read right through you, that’s why your words excite me. Your body is perfect, it’s all that ignites me. I was scared of your beginning, but I fell in love with your end. I wonder, what kind of relationship does the paper have with the pen? Words written all over you, so I had to take a look....

O beautiful woman, may God fragrance your life with knowledge and faith, your time with obedience and awareness of him, and may He beautify your body with a covering of modesty and dignity, may he plant the seeds of righteousness in your life, green and fruitful, for you to sow and reap. As well...

The Virus
By
Terrance Taylor

Covid came for us.
Hidden in the exhalations of the Trojan Horse who worked the eight,
Once released upon us she moved like a wraith.
Invisible to the senses we didn’t know she was hunting,
Until the dead started to walk,...

Do you see the pain in my eyes,

The sadness in my soul?

I want to share it,

But I don’t know how.

How can I say these words,

They are on the tip of my tongue.

I say it over and over in my head

But I can’t make my mouth speak them.

...

Black Like Me

If you lived in my city

And was raised on my block,

Would you just get arrested

Or shot down by the cops?

If you were starving to death

And your body was weak,

Would you wait on a blessing

Or steal you something to eat...

Song – Only

Artist – NF.

Here I sit an innocent man,

Burned by a woman’s scorn,

My heart and soul torn.

All I ever wanted for in life,

Is a child and that of a wife,

Now as I fight to prove my innocence,

My son is left with...

Like works of exquisite art,

Many beautiful colors

Shapes

Well proportioned

I love them

Big and bold

I'm dying to hold

Handle with the very best care

Loved, honored, cherished, respected

Most of all protected

Joy to...

As I saw a teardrop start to well

In the corner of your eye,

It stirred in me a passion.

And made me start to wonder why.

In a world of contradictions

It would seem so out of place,

That such a fine and lovely creature

Could have a teardrop...

From the tip of her brown nose to the tips of her brown toes, as long as she is receptive, that is where my love will flow.

I’ve dreamed of her a thousand nights…perhaps even more…and though I have yet to meet her, I desire her to my core.

She is central to all my fantasies…my...

It is said that forgiveness is a sense of mercy based on the emotional concept which is given from one heart to another. Forgiveness is asked for, due to the unexpected, or untimely error, regret, or feelings which shouldn’t be harbored any further, to a measurable theory it is thought or said...

Many colors and their oh so many different meaning. The color of love, what is it, have you seen it? One conversation with thought on a calm friendly night. Who knows what it truly is. Word from the Great Book said it’s pure...

“ME”
I
How I am, is how I feel, but how I feel is not who I am,
The conclusion that exists from this reality is also a part of me.
The condition of the heart also tends to cause a fluctuation of the mind,
The lack of stability there, is too, how I am.
To be me...

Are you capable of seeing past these prison bars, or willing to help heal these emotional scars? 

Will we be able to become the best of friends even though I'm not rich and can't buy you a Mercedes-Benz?

Can I write you just to free my mind or call you just to laugh and pass...