Sister Prison Poems

(Lights dim, a single spotlight illuminates Judy Garland, center stage. She wears a faded housecoat, her eyes holding a lifetime of stories. She speaks directly...

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My cousin started molesting me at the age of 9. He said, “Don’t worry you’ll be just fine”. 
You told me I was special, said...

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Normalcy seemed to resound 
like a year-end brag letter,
for out of reach are those possibilities
when locked up in a ward.

Voices itched inside her body 
and...

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sometimes i am afraid to open my eyes, scared of what i will see
a life full of mistakes, regrets and bad choices that i knew...

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None knew who or what, how or why, nor how long;
But something or someone must have taken him there.
From an environ of community, gaiety, and...

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The drafting on of renaissance curtail
earmarks of goodly fortune, so avail
the breeding of contentment, this rest's hail
imbibes my soul's delivery with assail!

To caulk the artworks...

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You can see, yet you do not see
A hole, where a heart should be
You can hear, but do not heed
The screams and cries of those...

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As the man enters the jail, his belongings are searched and he watches just watches as photos of his mom, sister and of his new...

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You came unexpectedly, and i was surprised,
you smiled and placed your hand on the glass and cried.
I leaned my head against the glass and told...

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My dear Christina
Your life was cut short;
Like a boat at a marina
You sailed from the shore.

You were trapped here
In your Earthly prison,
My loving sister -
Just...

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