jewels
poetry reading - audio & text
Be greater than the walls penning you in.
Always dream bigger than you deserve to.
Respect the spirit of those who sacrificed it all
so you could have the privilege of being human.
Fellow Have-Nots & Low-Lifes: I too have hurt
others as well as myself and those lacerations
will outlive us. Like the hilt or the handle—
everything we’ve ever held with care. Or haven’t.
Countless cages prove forgiveness a solitary endeavor
but the real path to freedom winds through others.
Follow it until your eyes shine back at you.


Those final two lines = the perfect clincher 👍👍
WOW. I felt that, through my heart and close to the bone. thank you. peace be with you. and breathe. ☯️