Aug
01
2012
Poem(s) for the Day
The following two poems are written by Norma Stafford who was a prisoner. I find them incredibly moving because they speak to the profound sense of loneliness that most prisoners experience.
[may i touch you?]
By Norma Staffordmay i touch you?
that is what I have missed
more than anything else
a warm human touch.
i will not touch you hard.[tonight loneliness is my bed partner]
By Norma Staffordtonight loneliness is my bed partner
he has been every night for five years
as steel bars wrapped in blackness
take over my life
when the guard turns out my light.
Uncategorized | prison culture | 01 August 2012 |
