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.