Categories: Pyramid Poetry
Art from the Inside (November 2005)
By: Juana M.
Paño artist, Albuquerque, NM
Meditation
Locked in my cell
Pacing back and forth
Mind racing
I feel I’m in hell
They walk by
Look in each cell
A human zoo to punish not rehabilitate
Don’t they know what they create.
Treated like animals, fed through a trap
Once loose in society, how do we act.
Compassion and love don’t exist in this place
Hate and anger tattooed on each face.
In the midst of chaos, I try to find peace
I try to let peace find me.
Topics: Meditation, New Mexico, Personal Stories, Poetry, Prisons
Originally appeared in: November 2005