the big house

Mistakes are made every single day and are an unavoidable part of the human condition

Repeating mistakes should indicate some level of insanity in the cause of these effects

Little did he think repeated mistakes could end up sending him to a correctional institution?

But the hand of the law is far reaching with few people escaping its grasp and affects

Ankle chains hooked to chains around your wrist really make you feel worthless and alone

Shuffling down a long hallway surrounded by murderers and criminals hard as they come

Fright leaves the body in places like this and staying alive becomes priority in this new home

So much hate and violence that no corner is safe especially for a white boy naive and young

Lying on his mat that first night he knew he was going to have to take this day by day

Slowly warming to the men around him and forming bonds that he was accustomed to

It’s amazing the similarities between the military and prison uncanny in so many a ways

He had practice like none known to them with very few service men mixed in the stew

He worked in the library tutoring felons and worked in the garden tending the melons

He worked on the crews that landscaped the graves and picked up litter on the free ways

He studied religion and sought out some faith but wound up empty handed felt so disgraced

He worked on his body and on his mind never stopping to think about or look back in time

And so passed the time 2 years but felt more the person who entered now leaves this fort

Do not enter he did not listen the head lights flashed and his life’s in remission

Finally ready because hes figured it out what his life’s meant for and what he’s all about