Love Prison Poems

“Freedom is just another word for nothin left to lose.
Feeling good was easy Lord, when he sang the blues” ~ Janis Joplin ~

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Sitting in a void 
Staring at vacant walls, 
Imagining its myriad colors, 
Reminiscing about the binding brilliance in life 
  
Ah, the heart! 
Such...

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Love lives on the other side
It may as well abide
On another planet,
These chains on my heart
And my spirit behind bars,
I am far from touch
Exiled from...

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Dear Single Mother, - Part 2


Young man or woman who is, black, white, or any color under the sun, & you identify as Blue, Pink...

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Dear Single Mother,

Who Works two jobs of 12 - 14 hour days to keep the lights on, & to feed little Johnny.

I See you!



Single Father...

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What do the years mean
when they come to an end
their number a prison
if hearts cannot mend

A month or a decade
results but the same
when love is...

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yes put in prison 
bad really bad 
not  unprovoked 
coup ten four 
nearly half score
different tongues 
east west religion allegiance
outside 
virgin merrika break promise...

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Let me stay 
Let me relive this ecstasy 
Keep me in this illusion 
Ensnare me in your fantasy 

I fall on my knees 
In your...

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The Trial.

 

Arthur, Sammy, Davis, Junior, Stevie Wonder, Bob, Mick, Sue, Carver. You are being charged with the partial demolition of a listed building. Endangering...

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We scrounged up
Every penny we could
The night the policemen took you.
We had thirteen dollars
For your five hundred dollar bail....

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ECSTASY

 O morning breeze of West and South Asia

 Let my soul sip sherbet
 From your breasts like lily of the Incas 

 Nightingale of...

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She is anxious
Like the rushing wind
She bleeds worry
Because she fears within
She is insecure, an exposed doubt
Vulnerable to rejection, to the 
Unlocked shame, regret
So dark it...

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My Freedom is,
  Looking at the world,
  with  child-like wonder,
  compassionate loving and
  Spiritual eyes.
     My...

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There are so many trapped
and tortured souls in this 
desolate place.
We are ghosts, screaming for freedom,
darklings, crying for light.
Never sure how to grasp onto
something invisible,
without...

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You were 
A pointless 
Lover 

Someone who got 
Used to 
Being behind bars 

You tried to get in 
My door 
I should’ve locked it 

But...

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