I ponder as I pace from edge to edge of my domain. Wonders of the possibility of beyond that in which bounds me there. Fear of neverness and hopes of freedom. My murmurs are like growls of wild beast taken from their natural state. Unfamiliar surroundings keeps me in an …
Death By Incarceration By Quentin Jones Here I am confined to a space designed to eradicate the last traces of humanity remaining after the war over my sanity. The dark walls stare at me reeking of the past torture that has been inflicted upon the minds of men fighting not …
This is written and inspired from a heavy heart filled with conviction and that being said I ask the forgivness of life itself. WE as men have experienced so much negativity directly and indirectly that I dont think we realize the monster of our own creation. A man is a …
“Time… The distance between finish and start; It’s needed to travel from mark to mark; And for April to get to March… Time… It’s the only way that we age; It connects our birth to the grave; And we ge millinniums from seconds and days… It’s Over… Time is up …
People will not remember the details of what your face looks like, yet you worry the most about that. They do remember your smile. The look in your eyes while they were talking to you. The way you made them feel. How gentle you were. The comfort your words gave …
“Now I’m getting Real!” A Speech By Greg Houston I come from a place that’s dark, cold, numb, and loveless. I feel that I don’t need anyone. I put on a mask called “I don’t need anyone”. I put this mask on to block out any and everything that can …
“My mission was contradiction to living; I had a different goal. I felt that my soul was sold; Until my destiny put my death on hold; …And I had to get real with me… The person behind my anger mask sought revenge; I used to love to fight. My wall …
“Big Boy: The child, the boy, the man” a speech by Greg Houston When I was born, I weighed 12 pounds. As a child I was called “Big Boy’ and the name stuck with me – so did the size. In my family, I am the youngest and only boy. …
Love is inexplainable; Or tameable; Yet obtainable; And with everything that goes wrong; Love is unblamable.” In other words… You can’t explain love, neither can you tame love. You can obtain love, Yet NOTHING wrong can be blamed on love… Real love… By CORDELL MITCHELL JR. (626-233)
31 years I’ve been incarcerated in these prisons –better known as modernized plantations -giving these folks more of my life than I care to admit. I’m trying to figure out why the governor, Mike Dewine, of Ohio, as well as the director of DRC, Anette Chambers-Smith, has not taken the …
