Ken Jordan Poet Light Verse

Prison Life

Poet: Ken Jordan
Poem: Prison Life
Edited by: Sparkle Jordan
written: June/2013


Letter
to my
parents -
 
Time
 hasn't been 
kind 
to me,

I can't 
remember
 when 
I was
free -

Locked away 
in 
this hell,

I've lost
track 
of time
spent
with family -

Prison life,
is no 
place 
to be -

Men 
with something
to prove,

fighting
and
killing

to show
that they
ain't weak -

I thank 
God
each day,

mama 
and
daddy
didn't
forsake 
me,


They visit;
put 
money
on my 
books;

accept
collect calls,
and
send 
packages 
to me -

If 
I didn't
 have
my parents,
I'd be 
lost -

Just 
another 
prisoner,

condemned 
to 
this den
of 
Iniquity -

Since 
my
sentence,

I've learned
what
I did wrong
to 
get here -

I told 
Jesus
when I'm 
released
from these
chains,

I won't
 be
back again -

Time 
hasn't been
kind to me,

I can't 
remember 
when I was
free -

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