Archives for October 2017

Why We Cry They wonder why we cry, But they can't see the pain in our eyes. Why, why did it happen? If you would open your eyes You would see our cries. They say that they don't understand Why, but if you can't see this You don't cry. My … [Read more...] about Four Poems

My perceptions have changed a lot since I started attending college classes through the Prison University Project at San Quentin. I believe that one of the main reasons I came to prison was because of the limitations I set upon myself. As a child I'd … [Read more...] about Two Ways My Perceptions Have Changed

In prison, it's easy to sit in the cell watching programs like Maury, Jerry Springer, and Dr. Phil, never maturing. It scared me to see how simple it was to be another CDC Number, like an old broken-down appliance that just sat in the garage … [Read more...] about Why I Wanted to go to College