Best Poems Written by Stephanie Garner

All Rise!!

I SIT ON THE BENCH, WAITING FOR THE JUDGE..

ALL RISE!

ALL RISE FOR WHAT? OR WHO? A MAN THAT BLEEDS JUST LIKE I DO?

I WAIT MY TURN TO GET MY CHANCE, TO TELL MY STORY AND WEATHER THE DANCE..

HE LOOKS AT ME AS IF I AM JUST A NUMBER TO THE CASE, INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT A 
WOMAN WHO IS JUST RUNNING THE RACE..

TWO QUESTIONS HE ASKS...WHEN AND HOW MUCH?

HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO LIVE DAY BY DAY WITHOUT THEIR TOUCH..

ALL RISE!

ALL RISE FOR WHAT? OR WHO? A MAN THAT BLEEDS JUST LIKE I DO?

REST ASSURE I RESPECT HIM THOUGH, HAVE NOT A CHOICE DOWN HERE BELOW..

I KNOW HE SMELLS THE FEAR OF HIPOCRACY, BUT NEVER TAKES A MOMENT TO JUDGE THE 
GOOD PART OF ME..

ALL RISE!

ALL RISE FOR WHAT? OR WHO? A MAN THAT BLEEDS JUST LIKE I DO?

HONORABLE, MAJESTRY, WHATEVER IT MAY BE...

HE EXCUSES ME AND LET'S ME FREE..

ONLY TO RETURN IN A MONTH OR TWO AGAIN, TO STAND BEFORE HIM, AND FOR MYSELF 
TO DEFEND...

I WAIT FOR THE DAY THE GAVEL BANGS, AND THE CASE IS CLOSED, BUT MY BATTLE 
WOUNDS REMAIN EXSPOSED...

THE DAY I AM NO LONGER A CASE NUMBER, BUT TO FIND MYSELF IN THIS WORLD AS JUST 
ANOTHER MEMBER...

ALL RISE!

ALL RISE FOR WHAT? OR WHO? A MAN THAT BLEEDS JUST LIKE I DO?

I SIT ON THE BENCH, WAITING FOR THE JUDGE...CASE NUMBER JA05DM103....

ALL RISE!

ALL RISE FOR WHAT? OR WHO? A MAN THAT BLEEDS JUST LIKE I DO?

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