Broken picture
Shattered image
She can see the light
But can she see her life in it?
Bad luck
Good luck
Could have had a life sentence
Little architects and engineers in her image
Working mom
Working hard
American dream
Had a job and a car
Maybe worked a little too hard
Life shattered in the night
Like the windows in the car
Meant well
Did bad
10 years behind bars.
Perspective on the Poem:
This poem was written after a conversation with an inmate who was only 27 years old. Her case inspired me to write because it gave me a certain sense of frustration with our prison system. This lady was a full time mother, working a full time job, while attending school full time at a University. One night on her way to work, she fell asleep and crashed into a car, killing two people. I was frustrated because she her crime had no malice. Even the victims families didn't want her to go to prison because they understood it was an accident, one that could happen to any one of us. Still the prosecutor slammed her with a ten year sentence.
Beautiful inspiration. I pray her strength during her time. The system pays justice to no one. True killers roam free while she is behind bars. May God be with her and her family.
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ReplyDeleteI can really hear your voice here, you have your own style; I like it.
So glad to see you writing, keep it up :)