“Pain Is Love”
How’s a man supposed to feel when the police take his freedom.
Then he’s forced to watch as his woman slowly leaves him,
Her family and her friends telling her she doesn’t need him.
Leading to a phone call where she claims she’s lost all feeling,
Tears in his eyes as he...
LIFELESS EYES
“This P.O.E.M. is the (Product of Every Man):
LIFELESS EYES
I feel I’ve come a long way,
Although there are memories in my past dark and grey,
Or I’m locked away, for forever and a day;
I still see the sun’s ray.
I’m real, in the gardens I play,
...
The Mirror Speaks
I looked in the mirror and who did I see?
The fading reflection of the woman I used to be.
A past cannot change, and I don’t think I would.
By making peace with the past, I’ll remember where I once stood.
Through hard times and valleys, abuse and betrayal,
Satan...
Isac Marrugo #02073278
Distractions clouding my mind, tears rain on my vision/
Trying to keep it together, but I feel like something is missing/
How significant a feeling, to feel so insignificant/
Certified one hundred, body full of certificates/
Stars and scars, each telling a story/
...
If These Scars Could Talk
If these scars could talk,
What would my wounds say?
Would they speak of pain,
Endured along the way?
Of broken hearts left in my wake,
Of tears, prayers went up in vain?
If these cars could talk,
The monologue would be of sorrow!
Mistakes of...
Jaime Aguirre
Life will nip you on your heels and never charge your for thrills,
A solution in itself like pills but you can never pay the bills,
What if there were some trickery like the one that lacks between you and me,
Good and evil spirits bickering but without the...
Sebastian Award
This being human is a guest house
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
Some momentary awareness comes
As an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,
Who violently...
A Friend Of Mine
A Friend of Mine
A friend of mind will freely spend time without feeling timed or like she’s doing time at any time
A friend of mine will stimulate my mind while allowing hers to mined
A friend of mine gives me her best and loves the best of me
A friend of mine...
Rodney Reeves
"Shoplifting Philosophy"
Don’t use drugs and shoplift is my philosophy,
take heed or you will experience pain and misery...
Shoplifting is not an innocent crime,
it will lead to doing time...
Things can happen that you least expect,
like putting...
Rodney Reeves
Missing My Dad
Heard my Dad was in the hospital feelin’ bad,
the news of that made me feel sad...
Oh Dad I'm missing you.
Sitting here in prison not knowing my Dads condition,
how l wished my family would give me...
Herbert Long
Above Average
What do you see when you look at me?
Is it just charm, good looks, a great personality?
Do you see another man just like any other?
Just out to get what he can get?
Nothing serious, just a temporary companion?
Is that all you see,...
Pablo Maldonado #1000900002
Do not fear that I shall hurt your feelings, disappoint you or even break your heart. What I promise is nothing more than everything I am now and everything I will be with you. All I want is to make ready every wonder of your thoughts, cast ourselves into the whirl of endless possibilities in...
James Leach
Ayelet Ha Shakar
(“Morningstar or Deer of the Dawn”)
Who would you be, if I knew who you were?
That YHWH must come first in your heart, that much is sure;
faithful and loving, that my heart be secure.
A warrior, a princess, and fearless in faith,
...
Lawrence Buckner #48324-039
It is essential that we address this very important aspect of life, which is to live in the moment. All of us at one point in time or another have been tripped by past situations that have caused (by our negative self-encouragements) many years of incomfortability. This pernicious process has...
Brent Bellah #1077684
Passion For Art
It begins in the mind as a seed planted in soil,
Scenes that form from the colors of imagination,
Taking shape within the soul to boil,
Each object pieced together from fragmentation.
The picture is drawn out of shapes to lay a foundation,
...
Ker'Sean Ramey
Still Holdin
I have been exiled from society,
A threat and a menace is what they call me.
As I sit and count those who are real,
I’m high in spirits, even while confined to concrete and steel.
The things that I cherish are so far away,
But I am not...
Javier Medina
“Today I touch base with a friend, hoping she can hear me”
Tomorrow I wait for the day I touchdown, and she meets the real me
True men do exist, yet they’re hard to find
Someone with the Heart of Gold, so real, so kind
Everyone has flaws and imperfections, no one...
Joseph Ceretti
If It Was Me
Police are killing innocent people at an alarming rate,
And none of its hearsay, everything is caught on tape.
Even with that overwhelming evidence, free, away they walk,
I pray for the mothers whose sons lie in chalk…
People like myself who...
Prison Pals
I’m cool
And irate
Top ten
Both, a fool
Mad, hate
And again
And, again
I’m cool
I begin
To stop
Be straight
Like a pen
I mean
To mean
What I say
To stay
On my path...
Dinzal Weathers
In The Echos Of Silent Confinement
I wonder…
Does crystallized carbon feel the pressure that
transforms it into diamonds?
Does gold cry out as heat purifies it by refinement?
You can hear the whines and whistles of a machine
when its gears are out...
Dereck Webb #128906
Fly Together
By: GRRGACHE
Baby don’t you worry
Every thing will be alright
Jus hold tight by my side
Together we’ll fly high
Above the mountain skies
Over oceans and around the world a thousand times –
Baby don’t you worry
Every thing...
Robert Justin Mize #01032802
My Loss
Just received the heart-rending news late today,
My best friend died a sudden death yesterday.
When the whole wide world was completely a drain,
You were there to ease the unbearable pain,
Always helping to keep me mentally sane.
Now I’m having...
Kyle Perz
Tick tock goes the clock
Dripping down the walls
Melted wax and broken glass.
are on Epitaph for all time.
The final wave is on its way
Sent by Cybia's hand
a team of 3 to save the world
Aura's bracket shines bright
First the...
Moonface
My childhood self looked down at me
from deep in the full moon’s face.
His eyes did not remember me,
for these eyes took their place.
He squinted his eyes and frowned and said,
“You look like a boy I knew”.
Just then when you tilted...
The paradox of life
At times I’d rather write my thoughts than sit and write my family.
Expressions of my youth reflect through truth and understanding.
The problem with that is understanding has been amiss.
So expressions of a twisted individual are what exist.
Should I take a razor...
Almighty
10/25/13
The words I speak are true, if you do not believe me listen to the news.
You say nothing is going to happen, but have you forgotten disasters?
You say all is good and okay, but why do you stay?
I am the Lord your creator, so please let me do you a...
A Fathers Prayer
A Fathers Prayer
The longing in my life is not a prayer for me, in the deep watches of the night I pray not selfishly.
I lift her life to you, her heart I know you love. I cannot protect her now below, please protect her from above.
You see her needs as I cannot, you...
Soldier Boy
The first time I held you,
So small and brand new;
Tears came to my eyes;
And I whispered, “I love you”.
The first words you spoke,
Were music to my ears;
I was the one you ran to,
And got you through your fears.
...
Snowfall upon children
All around nothing but white
But everywhere you look, you can see signs of life
A snowman dressed with grandpa’s old clothes
The little children make Frosty with a smiling pose
The joy of life can never be more present
The presence of snow is always its...
Gage Binger
You will never know what a letter can mean until you have been where I am, or been through what I’ve been through.
I’m confined to a world behind four walls where no one can see me, and I receive no calls or visits.
Often I sleep and wake up alarmed, thinking that my family,...
