Poems about prison

• I Am A Prison

  I am a jailhouse, who longs for some better purpose.

  by debulm 28 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 2 6:11 PM. In society, spiritual, purpose, self concept, contrast, prison, lighthouse
• untitled.

  what we seem to be isn't what we are.
  trapped behind these bars

  by sosubtle 7 lines, on Oct 27 5:14 PM. In pain, anger, prison, depression, freedom
• C.O.

  I walk the halls of life.
  Long forgotten oath I took.

  by TGeiger 26 lines, on Oct 14 6:40 PM. In Corrections, prison, life, job, work, attack
• parental control

  twiting and thrashing in an iron grip
  tearing at the one who raised you

  by Toma Wolf27 13 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 1 10:00 AM. In control, caged, bound, prison, chained, fighting, angst
• Devil's Emprisonment

  by English.Muffin 33 lines, 8 comments, on Sep 15 11:41 AM. In holocaust, pain, suffering, angst, hate, death, die, loss, prison, spiritual
• Prison Letters

  Bittersweet,
  The ink smudges on my fingers,

  by Jynxx 56 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 25 10:16 PM. In Personal, Sad, Society, Thoughts, Angst, prison
• [ We've hidden it, for as long as seems possible ]

  We've hidden it, for as long as seems possible
  To give it time to really brew,

  by Aspie-Sanity 46 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 26 7:31 PM. In prison, alcohol
• Delirium

  breakdowns are like losing your mind
  ...so beautiful

  by Kia Tenshi 20 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 23 5:12 PM. In lost, insane, love, sad, abandon, lonely, pain, prison, empty, weird, thoughts
• The Governor in Womens knickers

  Bet you didn't know
  That the governor of that joint

  by Aspie-Sanity 18 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 19 6:30 PM. In prison, humour, jail, funny
• Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it

  I was once young and innocent
  But I lost all that in prison

  by Aspie-Sanity 26 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 18 4:54 PM. In experience, autism, prison, jail, innocence
• Flight of Fancy

  Like the butterfly, I am
  Captive to the wind

  by thollis 20 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 21 7:57 PM. In freedom, birds, fish, prison, chains, life, love
• Allie

  I promise to get you tickets back to hell,
  Before we’re dead.

  by ElectricMuffin 19 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 15 10:19 PM. In anger, lies, hopes, dreams, love, old, friends, prison, jailed, jail
• Hatch All Retention

  remember how we left this part
  yesterday is today waiting

  by Reflectionshadow 38 lines, on Jun 11 5:13 AM. In beauty, memory, prison, lost
• Thief

  Inside the fortress walls,
  Sits quietly a Garden:

  by thollis 23 lines, on May 31 10:06 AM. In love, secret, prison, hope, theif, garden, nature, personal, cupid
• Prison Within a Prison

  I became engulfed in shadows 50 years ago. Since then my tale has become a twisted tree of woe. I can guarantee which way the wind will blow.
  

  by Dark passenger 9 lines, 2 comments, on May 22 2:31 PM. In War, Hate, Anger, Death, Life, Sad, Pain, Dark, Murder, Crow, Blood, Prison
• Innocent?

  I sit in this grey padded room,
  Thoughts are entangled in my mind.

  by Wandering Woodchuck 20 lines, 16 comments, on May 17 8:37 AM. In Society, Thoughts, Prison
• Paddy

  fishing knives
  and shallow graves

  by kedoconnor 96 lines, 1 comment, on Mar 28 10:32 AM. In prison
• Tales of a Criminal

  The story begins, I'm a prisoner condemned to death
  Sentenced for murder, livin with this sin on my shoulder

  by Lyrically N Gaged 17 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 5 6:57 PM. In Hip-Hop, Rap, Prison, Murder, Criminal
• The Key

  To unlock the prison of our own making
  We must use the key

  by drifting cloud 38 lines, 9 comments, on Jan 11 9:08 AM. In Spiritual, forgiveness, prison, acim
• Prison Walls

  by Crystopher 23 lines, on Nov 19 10:26 PM 2008. In Prison, adult, sad, hope, love, break up, hurt, pain, hate, life, thoughts, anxiety
• The Fortress

  The first sonnet by Hidden Flame

  by Hidden Flame 16 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 14 4:39 PM 2008. In The Fortress, prison, war, life, contemporary, angst
• Home

  As the hands of the clock go round
  

  by JonTouchdown 7 lines, on Oct 24 7:38 PM 2008. In Dark, Prison, Other, Pain, Personal, Sad, Society, Thoughts, Longing, Depression
• Tired of being Unnoticed

  I'm just not worth it
  but I can still try

  by Kia Tenshi 29 lines, on Oct 21 10:19 PM 2008. In imagery, rain, prison, shyness, teen, dark, locked, window, key, thoughts, metaphor
• Oblivious

  I have awoken...
  I am trapped

  by Damarul 29 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 21 12:25 PM 2008. In prison, trapped, cell
• Moments in Prison(The Decision of Suicide)

  I wanna endup my life
  within this cell,

  by abduljawad 16 lines, on Oct 7 9:24 PM 2008. In sad, pain, dark, life, prison
• Let Go

  Your hands, your lips, your strength, your eyes,
  Show me the anguish left inside,

  by MeaghanJulie 7 lines, on Sep 13 11:08 AM 2008. In missing, bravery, prison, change
• Glance Away from Yesterday

  I will be your middle man,
  The one who sheds your worry,

  by MeaghanJulie 26 lines, on Sep 7 6:57 PM 2008. In Love, Prison, Inmates, Engaged
• Before Dawn

  by Kia Tenshi 26 lines, on Jul 27 9:22 AM 2008. In angst, fantasy, dark, love, emotional, pain, prison, sad
• Flight of a Soul

  by Cynthia Gaines 22 lines, 7 comments, on May 22 8:25 AM 2008. In Injustice, Life, Prison, Society, Thoughts, Humor
• Punished for Existing

  Not even an arms length
  separates me

  by x--nocturnia--x 55 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 4 11:29 AM 2008. In Contest, Dark, Thoughts, Monkey, Sad, Imprisoned, Prison, Animal
• My Friend

  by PerfectlyImpure 46 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 17 11:09 PM 2007. In adult, dark, forget, kill, blood, life, love, pain, prison, laws, hands
• dreams

  dreams are my prison
  of which i march head in.

  by Rlin 3 lines, on Oct 7 2:49 AM 2007. In dreams, prison, life, Lost in thought, My life, Longing, Depression, Abstract, Escape
• Death Row.

  by Ignis Corpus 54 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 6 7:53 PM 2007. In Love, Prison, Sad, Hope, Suprise.
• Spectrum

  Colour flips inside the shades of ; / 7 branches of neurological stems / Again you’re left drained to / Go home to your broken family syndrome. / Domes of bubbling wife beater acid, / Bursting over the face of

  by eataortic 24 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 22 4:33 PM 2007. In wife beater, violence, prison
• Electric Chair

  You face the electric chair, / My love / I face a lifetime of static memories / Dominated by the look in your eye / Our final contact before you say goodbye / Before you face your fate / And as you face your

  by NatashaJapanwala 49 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 3 11:21 AM 2007. In Love, Pain, Sad, Spiritual, Dark, death, prison, injustice
• Angel Bullet

  Mother always said,
  "Watch your...

  by Klayer 12 lines, 2 comments, on May 18 5:46 AM 2007. In Prison, Thinking, Bullet, Angel
• Barbed Wire

  barbed wire jets of suicide
  sun rise sun set blackened sky

  by kawaiikatiee 10 lines, on Mar 18 1:05 PM 2007. In Prison, Life, Pain, Sad, Society, Death, Depressed, Escape
• Freewriten Fealings

  Make of it what you will

  by Nomadic Prince 8 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 25 7:23 PM 2007. In Prison, Freedom, Saved

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