Save us

If these walls could talk, you would be amazed
and horrified at the stories of the prisoners’ lives…
who have come across.
For them 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.
They’re 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!