For No Crime

For no crime,
I was sentenced
To four years
Repository of knowledge,
With hard labor


Five years of sentenced served,
I peeped into morrow, 
Hoping to be free 
Like the caged bird, 
But it seemed today 
Would never come!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Agustin Avatar
November 29, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.
McBride  Avatar
January 6, 2023 at 8:38 AM
Your day is coming, we all live in cages and only One has the key to let one out
Phad Avatar
May 21, 2023 at 2:29 PM
Thanks Stephan. The Poem was actually celebrating an undergraduate who just graduated, despite all odds
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