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Lamentations of an incarcerated father
Lamentations of an Incarcerated Father By J.S. Russell It’s frustrating because I care. I’ve been writing letters to my daughter before she could read or talk. Anything that I could possibly do to make sure...
Freedom from the cave
Freedom from the Cave Pluto and Betts imagine the liberatory potential of education as the beginning of an awakening or transformation. They both tell of how exposure to “light”, which is often associated with knowledge,...
Road 2 redemption
October 28, 2022 Road 2 Redemption J.S. Russell Street dreams turned nightmares The ripple effect Devastating What once was thought of a as a chance of elevating Had consequences beyond playa hatin’ Standing before a...
Pay to be free
July 12, 2022 Pay to be Free By J.S. Russell I got numbers behind my name Because I’m inventory like at a store I’m stored Making money for the State Trying to make a way...
Self talk
February 24, 2022 Self Talk J.S. Russell Energy Thoughts Feelings affected by Energy adverse to the direction I Want to go I want to go They won't let me go SO So until they let...
What I would tell my younger self to avoid this life
What I Would Tell My Younger Self to Avoid This Life By J. S. Russell To my fourteen year old self, I'm you, 23 years later, sitting in a prison cell with a Life; all...
Free me
Free Me These chains Routines Mood swings Cause this ain’t right But this is my life Midnight Cold, cloudy, and dreary Walking amongst the tombs Penitentiary Cemetery What's the difference? Where’s the sun? Raise me...
Don't be a deadbeat
Don’t Be a Deadbeat J.S. Russell It’s often said that experience is the best teacher and being that we’ve been there, done that, and hopefully have grown, we can offer insight and alternatives to our...
Does my life matter?
June 2020 Does My Life Matter? Felony After masked men in the name of the law swerve and jump out Guns drawn Traumatic Terroristic On the same corner that I seen police frisk Yo-yo and...
Look at me
November 6, 2019 Look at Me In this climate of prison reform I’m tryin’ something out of the norm No, I’m not housed in a dorm Or anything like minimum I'm in a facility that’s...
Uncommon
October 16, 2019 Uncommon Often on the compound, niggas’ll call me or say that I look like Common Even C.O.’s ’Il say, “You look like that actor” Not having knowledge of Common Sense the rapper...Loading...
