How do you wrap your head around the fact that you have been sentenced to spend the rest of your life behind bars? How do you free yourself from the chokehold of this giant? One that is loose enough to keep you from dying, yet tight enough to prevent you from living? For many years, … Continue reading How to Overcome a Life Sentence →

When I am gone, these words shall stay For you to read at night or day In them you’ll find me cheer you on Declaring, “Darkness must end by dawn” I missed the day you learned to walk And your first words as you tried to talk When you were sick I was not here … Continue reading When I am Gone →

Oh, how my spirit soars Above this place of tears and gloom Resurrected after dying From the ashes of my doom Like an Eagle in full flight Released, unleashed Shackles broken, decimated, left behind Forever. Never ever to be locked again Delivered from despair’s deepest pit Bearing words of hope and wisdom that I spit … Continue reading The Eagle’s Flight →

I stood before the limits of my world And peered through the windows of my cell To gaze at a planet I was told Was better than this “ever wretched hell” The people over there appeared so sad For pain was in the air they had to breathe With busy lives that drove them ever … Continue reading Planet Gazing →