Cursed
By Michael P. Mark Jr.
Thine eyes divine
Thou hast left me without life
To live is to die
I die so that I may live
Above all
Beneath none
Is fate not thine destiny
Lest I travel this plane of higher consciousness
Cursed with sight
Stuck in the flames of those before me
Se knows not who I am truly
For is she did surely she would run for the hills
Shan’t do her any good despite my warning
In the night I lie awake as I await the mourning
Another lost soul collected by what’s lost to the inevitable
Lover of the loveless
How can a heart full of love be so heartless
Life paid in blood death pain in kind
What’s left now right
Demons up above Angels down below
The light darkness
The darkness light
Eternal flames cast
Whom shalt thou become
1:19am
By Michael P. Mark Jr.
Can I not be loved by you
Lost to love
A love lost
Left with a broken heart
Was it right
Lost in the present
A past too hard to bear for ant possible future
Peaceful yet destructive
At peace in the midst of chaos
Bound to who
I carry with me what’s left of their souls
My burden became my relief
Wolves surrounded me
The lone lion
Demons inside me
My fire burns
Is darkness my light
Is light my darkness
Shall I feast on their souls
The souls of the soulless
What is left when all is right
Who are you when I am me
Where to go with nowhere to go
When love isn’t enough
Why should love once more
Father Oh Father
By Michael P. Mark Jr.
Father
You’ve left me in a foreign land
THe day you passed away
I couldn’t take your hand
Oh Father
They tried to kill me alive
But I would not give up
I continued to strive
Father
Sometimes I don’t want to live
They’ve taken everything from me
I’ve nothing left to give
Oh Father
I should’ve went with you
Death seems to much easier
I don’t know what to do
Father
I shall remain strong
Oh Father
Defeat shall know me not
Father
I have the power
Oh Father
Your spirit has risen with me
Eternal Love Part 2
By Michael Mark
Vision of you and I
As you glow against the auburn sky
Your beauty knows no bounds
How ever bound we are for eternity
I wake with you on my mind
I live with you in my heart
I sleep knowing our souls are forever intertwined
Our flame……Eternal
Never to be snuffed
Lost I have been
In the labyrinth that is your eyes
Since the beginning I’ve been amazed by you
I’ve never known love without you
Love wasn’t real until I found you
The love of my life
The owner of my heart
The light within my soul
If death shall find me it would find a man complete
My life fulfilled for I have been completed by you
Eternal Love Part 1
By Michael Mark
The mere sight of you paralyzes me in every way
The mere thought of you captivates my senses
Your beauty knows no bounds internally or externally
It seems inevitable that I may fall
And fall hard I may…. For you
For out of my mind
I cannot get you
Yet I’ve touched you not
And still I yearn
Grateful I am
For the opportunity that befell me
To get lost in the labyrinth that is your eyes
They
By Michael Mark
They said you couldn’t do it
Yet you did
They said you wouldn’t make it
But you did
They told you it was impossible
You made it possible
They said you’d never amount to anything
You clearly surpassed their expectations
They told you that you were a nobody
You showed them what somebody looks like
They said the skin you’re in is ugly
You showed them just how beautiful your skin is
They said a lot of things
You showed them so much more
Universal God
By Michael Mark
The wet side of the eastern winds
Too right to go left
But what have I left behind
One book closes and another opens
A new beginning or a new end
In love or in list
However choose I must
A piece of me died with your death
Will I ever be resurrected?
Only a borrowed life to be given back at any moment
For some reason I was given the favor of God
Who God bless
No man curse
And I have truly been blessed
The universe conspires to work for me
As I lie on a universal plane of consciousness
Walking a fine line between life and death
A void that can’t be filled by life itself
What is beyond that which is beyond us
My freedom draws near
No More (Behind These Walls)
By Michael P. Mark Jr
No more handcuffs
No more dehumanizing strip-searches
No more slop unfit for a dog
No more mental or physical beat downs
No more forced bonds and false relationships
No more lockdowns
No more disrespect from CO’s that you must disregard unless you want to be targeted
No more feeling alone even though you have support
No more being talked down to as if your mere existence is an issue because you are seen as criminal scum
No more cooking out of garbage bags
No more working for less than a Cumberland’s cup of coffee
No more looking at the world through the eyes of an incarcerated person
No more incarcerated thoughts
No more having your stuff and personal belongings that you’ve organized and cherish being tossed out, around and about
No more barely drinkable water to drink from
No more eating where you shit
No more putting a sheet up to use the bathroom
No more waking up to sounds of a man using the bathroom
No more being blinded by flashlights that shine bright through the window and target your pupils There are many other, no more’s
Though I have learned
Though I have grown
Though I’ve had positive experiences during my incarceration
Even though there are some good CO’s and DOC staff members
Though I have met some good people in a negative environment
No more shall I be imprisoned
Grateful
By Michael P. Mark
Never in my wildest dreams
Never in my wildest dreams
I made it
My god
I made it
It’s been a long time coming
But my God
I made it
I’ve lost so much on this journey
This chapter has come to an end
While this chapter ends
Another books begins
I couldn’t; see it before
He had a plan
Everything was slowly being aligned
What I didn’t realize then
I realize now
As I put all the pieces together that have
Been there since the beginning
You’ve been working in my favor this whole time
Thank you
For I am truly grateful
My faith in thee shall be
Hannah’s Love
By Michael Mark
Language is no barrier to love
For love conquers all
Our tongues may be different
Yet our hearts are in unison
Our love is our language
Through our language is where you’ll find our love
As sure as the sun rises on the horizon
Our hearts beat as one
Two souls brought together by the universe
The Law of Attraction surely works in our favor
How we came to be
Knowing for is to be would surely be impossible
Yet here we are
Language is no barrier to love
For love conquers all
The Price
By Michael Mark
Freedom of expression
Am I no longer free to express
Is being politically correct the same as being truthful
War now disguised as peace
Will I ever find it
Lost in the time before
However the time is now
Help me or help me not
NATO or by your lonesome
Bombs of freedom or bombs of incarceration, causalities
Calamity, chaos
PEACE
AT WHAT PRICE
FREEDOM
AT WHAT PRICE
But who really pays the price
Thy Will
By Michael Mark
To live life
As if…
There is no life to live
I welcome death
An earthly desire…
Shall it lead me to the after life
Am I what I am
Am I supposed to feel
Where do I go from here…
Many demons consumed by the soul of one
Therefore they will not
Anticipation and Anxiety
By Michael Mark
I sit and fantasize about what it feels like to be free
In great anticipation for my release is evident
Though I’ve been free for a while now
The past is ever present as I look to the future
I can still feel the loss of love and loved ones lost
A constant reminder of my mortality
Time has come and gone yet time stood still
Years of habits that must be broken
Tearing down my survival walls as I transition
Optimistic for my success yet knowing nothing is the same
Not sure of the term “going home”
Foreign
With the willpower to make it there are struggles to come
Is she for me and I for her
Does she feel what I do or is it an illusion
Scared of rejection yet prepared for acceptance
As I dream of her, I wonder is this only a dream
Thoughts of my reality yet the reality is….
As she is in my thoughts she is not at the top
For I must rescue my daughter
She is the most important
I cannot fail for she needs her father
Her father needs her
My anxiety
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