Where the Pain Comes From Most people ask, "Am I doing this time or is it doing me?" To make it day to day, you must live beyond all you hear and see… I got this time for a crime I committed, damn it's been over two years; no one knows how deep the pain is or the reason behind all of the tears… They think they can define it, oh maybe she can't handle the bid; well I guess now is a good time to express the feelins I keep hid… You see, prison isn't anything like you think it may be; come on, look around, you really think the pain inside comes from what you see? After all I've been thru, it isn't this place that could control how I feel; those waiting for me on the outside are who make the feelins really real… The little girl with the beautiful face who loves me more than life; the man who has my heart and by now I should be his wife… Those who still don't understand how I could allow this to go down; even those who after just a lil bit of time were nowhere to be found… Out of sight, out of mind is a statement proved to be true; to those who turned their backs, you will need me before I need you… So to know about the pain, you must look outside this place; you must take the time to finally look reality in the face… To all those who let prison control how you feel; find someone to put you up on life so you can define what is really real.
released Still, I will rise to remember the hundreds I have met and millions more will not be missed by my count (Non) numbers remain on a spinning block with razor shock nothing more wounded, we are never as they would have us: fragments to shake from their pages dead dead deadest not yet because even with numbers it is impossible to take away the meaning of flesh. Rachel Galindo Released from prison in Colorado
Brandy Aplin P19263, Gadsden Correctional Facility, Quincy, Florida 36
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