My mind
My mind
My mind
Is a prison
Overpopulated with remorse
Incarcerated by
Images of sin
My mind
Refuses rehabilitation
It cowers
In a
Concrete corner
Face in hands
Protesting parole
My mind
Punishes me
With guilt
Torturing thoughts
A reoccuring rape
Of recidivism
My mind
is unforgiving
It confiscates hope
It segregates
my dreams
In isolated darkness
With vibrant colors
of pain
Allowing occasional
One hour visits
Of promise
My mind
Is a
Complicated collage
Of
Convicting confessions
Callously castrating
My
Continuing appeals
For clemency
My mind
Mocks mercy
It Mimics moments
Of misery
In a
Mental mirror
Molesting my
Mild memories
In a
Riot of regrets
My mind
Wants no truce
It
Glady guards
My goals
Behind
Gilded gates
Of grief
My mind
Has given me
A life sentence
Of worry
My mind is a prison that I cannot escape
Every night
I am
Summoned from
My dim-lit cell
And violenlty
Beaten
Into submission
Here
I repent
I pray
for a pardon
And although
The almighty
Has given
Me a reprieve
My mind
Assures me
That death
Is my
Only relief
Written by Willie Wright
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Submitted on March 14, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Characters | 976 |
Words | 186 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 7, 6, 11, 9, 10, 8, 25, 1 |
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