Save us

If these walls could talk you would be amazed
And horrified at the stories of the prisoners’ lives…
Who I have come across
For to be hidden away, forgotten and left to non-existence
Is beyond me.
If I had the power, authority and money
I would sit you down in the midst of these prison walls…
So you could hear and witness these stories
And untold experiences for yourself,
But unfortunately I can’t provide
That hands on voyage for you.
So confused… Hurt, pain, baffled, sympathetic and loving,
Struggling to survive this dark path
Chosen at the hands of justice.
Magnified to ruin the very least of us.
In God we trust.
As we serve time… Some forever… We cry… We die…
For we rely on a power much greater than ourselves,
The courts, the people…
And, yes, that’s you lord… Save us!