Who's Kidding Who? by Christine Stromberg - HTML preview

Incarceration

To never see a starry sky

feel wind or rain upon one's skin,

hear birdsong or a seagull's cry

or watch the blessed day begin,

perhaps it isn't obvious

to those who lead a normal life

how loss of freedom lessens us

and leads to inner stress and strife.

To yearn to hear a human voice

or know a touch upon one's face,

to meet with company of choice

or feel another's fond embrace,

such things as make one feel alive

and often taken as a right

are, for some, unreachable,

and turn our days to darkest night.

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