Solitary

From Art of Mind: Philosopoems to the World

Available Now!

*Solitary*

Confinement.
Solitude .
These circumstances I rationalize, When the facts are much more clear:
I’ve been Institutionalized.

Like a stubborn inmate,
I refuse to take the blame… Taking credit for this imprisonment Would further tarnish my name.
No, it wasn’t me!
I was set up from the Go…
The world conspired against me—
I reached out, and they said, “No .”
I justify my sentence — With each stamped letter
&
Eloquent Sentence…
I point out and not to the sky,
Chains Locked on my Repentance .
Though I make a good case,
The Evidence is right in my face:
I don’t want out of this place.

When a man is thrown in solitary,
He won’t come out the same…
The longer he is boxed in — The less of him remains

Not even in General Population —
I’m in this small black hole… Soft hands tried to pull me out — And I dismissed my chance at parole.

Most prisoners take what they can get,
A Halfway-House would Suffice…
If I should leave this hole—I want a Paradise.

What’s more frightening than living in a hole?
Making the hole your home.

I’ve come to expect this slop—
That you’re so kind to serve…
But I don’t want sloppy seconds, So I’ll keep that seat reserved .
I’ve had my chances to flea,
With a decree of “Not Guilty,”
When I saw what arms awaited… I had to Change my Plea .
So I am just a fraud,
I’ve Chose to serve this time… I may be physically confined — But not even I can shackle my mind.

Copyright 2011. All Rights Reserved
Feel free to share or Reblog with proper credit given.

Follow ClydeAidoo.com for more poems from the Art of Mind and Alma Mater series. You can purchase Clyde Aidoo’s latest release, Alma Mater Vol. 2: The Northeast, a poetic celebration of the top universities of the Northeast below.

138