How I Got Here I'm Not Sure

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Yes, I work in a prison. My heart is sometimes heavy for the pain endured here. Yes, much of it is just... but there are some that are not... but it's not for me to decide...

How I Got Here I'm Not Sure

I 'woke this morning in the usual way.
It's been raining for many a day.
I haven't seen the sun for years...
In my mind I hide all my fears.
There once was a time when my feet hit the floor,
I could walk from my room and right out the door.
My barefeet on the grass and the wind in my hair,
Not a cloud in the sky and the breeze made it fair.
The gun in my pants I then rode away,
I went looking for fun in night or day.

How I got here I'm not sure...

I then found some friends and we partied 'till dawn.
I awoke on the floor all my friends they had gone.
My gun in my hand and blood on my arm...
A body at my feet , did I cause harm?
I can't remember where I went wrong,
Who was I with and what was that song?
So I awake everday in this usual way,
I see in the mirror, nothing to say.
How I got here, I'm not sure...
But I'm on this medicinal cure...
In my sadness, fears and pain,
I only see what I think is rain...
The far away look deep in my eyes,
Takes me back to the stars high in the skys.
I feel the breeze, tears from my eyes,
But, I'm not crying...

How I got here...
I'm not sure...

7/23/10 Pernell Rodocker

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Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

PernellRodocker’s Poems (15)

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How I Got Here I'm Not Sure 0
Misty Blue: Fur of White Eyes of Blue 1
My Forever Friend 3
Can You Be Alone? 2
Poetry Is This 2
Why Do You Love Me? 5
Among The Threads 0
Delusions Of Peace 1
Cancer 1
Chapter: 7 1
I know you. 0
Forgive Me 0
FREEDOM FROM THE CAGE 2
WHY DO YOU LOVE ME 1
A TEAR 2