Sorrow Prison Poems

You are a womb's babe feeding on blood ~ waiting for light outside the tomb...

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In the depths of the Sunshine State,
Where tales of darkness resonate,
Lies a world concealed from the light,
The darkest side of prisons in Florida's sight.

Behind iron...

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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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Dear Jane;

My dear sweet animal…We have been left astray. for the strings of mankind torment me so, in my sparrows rusted birdcage.

It may have only...

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Locked in a cage, all by herself
She keeps screaming out for help
As loudly as she can
But the key is in her hands
 
People walk by,...

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I am here
in a farm
in the cold
in Yaldabaoth’s charm
waiting for Christ’s arm
I am here



This is a celae poem....

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For all that have been written 
Are more than enough for a bulletin 
With which we all take cautions
Masks on faces turn addictions 
As we...

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Black-eyed double cross
big trouble inkblot marriage
pick up the peaces?
malevolent storm mistress
beguiled mean streets surrender...

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I tried to reach out, blink in silence and say my words, but there is a lost syllable and a forgiven diction. I buried my...

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I turned away to hide my tears when his eyes were blurred
and frowned with a sigh each time his words were slurred
Foolishly, he thought by...

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Here We Shall Remain
by Tawfiq Zayyad
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Like twenty impossibilities
in Lydda, Ramla and Galilee ...
here we shall remain.

Like brick walls braced against...

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I live in a casket.
I was slowly buried under the earth’s soil.
My soul has passed, but my body is alive.
All surrounding me is darkness.
I am...

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They tell them the reality of yesterday is their tomorrow
Save the cries for different versions of sorrow
The world is hash but there is a God...

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Black, black
Born black
Head to toe black
Back black, side black, cock black
Every inch black

Midnight without a star,

Black Friday, black Saturday, every day black male

Black out from...

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Cleansings
by Michael R. Burch

Walk here among the walking specters. Learn
inhuman patience. Flesh can only cleave
to bone this tightly if their hearts believe
that God is good,...

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