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My Cell, and I

It was late in the afternoon, it must of been about an hour that I had arrived As I took the first step into the facility already I felt my body overwhelmed by chills I stripped to the nude, and I felt as if the scene had touched me all over, their sight belittled me I stood wearing nothing, eyes set their sight upon me, for they saw a criminal with no heart They made me dress in orange Full jump suit and feather-light slippers I was escorted to my cell Upon arrival I met my cell mate, Peter The walls seemed to take life and spoke Words of death I came to understand, and I feared for my mind Insane I was going, for I began to hear voices of sorrow and broken hearts The walls caved in almost and I felt death's grasp on my back The clock ticked and ticked, every second seemed to turn into hours Locked up where no where to go I recalled all of my fair memories When the sun once caressed my face, lips and dreams An animal I had become for nothing mattered behind those bars "Lights out" and my heart grew weak Not knowing of how to react, I began to see death as an answer For if I died I would not have to live as a caged animal Dark, lights had been out for an hour and again my eyes betrayed me I saw thousands of spirits walking the empty halls A million snoring souls slept It smelled like death was walking among the spirits of the deceased An awful sight, and I was trapped in it for the next 15 years It was now the next day and I stood inline for food Color was all inside Brown I am for that was my ticket to group Called horrible things, same sex predators all savored to my soft face It was shower time and I grew in very much fear As 100 men walked in nude to shower I fresh meat I couldn't bare it, so I entered not I met my cell mate again in the recreation room And all was learned I was to be jumped in And if I lived I would be graduation day The clocked ticked it was again 7:45pm My heart was beating really slow now The men came into my cell with chains and bats Guards stood idly by to my screams of fear I saw a bright light in all the blows I was taking I was drowning in my own blood An angels hand took me out of my body The clock ticked 8pm, may I rest in peace

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 6/8/2009 4:03:00 PM
Wow it amazes me still to this very day...your talent my poet...for as we were driving by the prison together your heart did speak to capture the feeling of a cage...and Brillant write. It is not long at all like you think. It's perfect. -Always your Alley
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Date: 6/8/2009 1:44:00 PM
very creative description--ow my chilly experience too for people who have to face the cell for their past mistakes--sad ending with a twist too,ending - death and an angel there and you rest in peace,in human eye many times prisoners find no mercy,but in God's eyes they find love if htey want to,never too late,prisoners we can be in many ways in life but one day we all will rest in peace--original and creative-different--bravo--charma
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