Evan Sachs Poet Rhyme

What Imprisonment Means to Me

WHAT IMPRISONMENT MEANS TO ME

Imprisonment means restrictions and prohibitions
It means mean, mean men whose luck ran out 
or who never really had much in the first place.
It’s the worst place if you let it be but it could be liberating
where else are people like us gonna find people like ourselves?
You gotta delve into the depths of who you are and who you could be
And who you should be 
and the why of all three.
You have the freedom to beat em at their own game not be the same as you came   	in when you go out
And even if you’re leavin through the 
back door you have more than a chance to glance the truth that works for you.
Jail is failure beyond the pale stale bread and being fed dinner at
Four, boredom galore, four walls, one with
Bars
A part of you thinks about 
Gnawing your arms off and trying
To slip through
 blue feelings, wheeling
And dealing and contemplating who you remain are
far and away what it really
Means to stay here is you’re always near to peers and fears
For years
And years

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