My poem has very deep meaning. I meant for it to be powerful and sound almost like a song. It has a certain rhythm in it simply because it all rhymes. I used words like “documentation” and “conviction” to add a certain amount of formality to the poem and tried to bring it all together with words describing jail. This is probably my favorite poem I have written this year. I love the way that it explains such a touchy and complicated subject with a sense of calmness.
Poem:
There was a light at the end of the tunnel
Not the same red and blue lights that I feared
A brightness that made my mind cleared
But the power of daunt carried like a weight
I never meant harm
We thrive on hate
I deserved an explanation
Not a convicted documentation
A place of restoration
To my struggles against society
Made me not a person but a number
They try to put me in a permanent slumber
I was tired of being shot at
Being chased was a daily routine since 13
With cops all over the scene
You have no choice but to roll on
Pull through
Bring upon
Conformed to ways unexplained
Feeling, emotions and actions untamed
There was a light at the end of the tunnel
The same shade as my baby brothers night light
Hoping tomorrow his big brother wouldn’t have to fight
A white light of good
The black night of bad
I want nothing more then to jump and attack
My pace is always quick
Twice the speed of a normal
Raised this way, so I’m not formal
Trained to run and hide
Only to find myself getting tied
Pray for forgiveness from god for my mistakes
Shadows of bars cover my body
While the longing for light becomes at stake
Alone but the most read about on the headlines
Is there a way form me to change?
No just a life conviction to be arranged
There was a light at the end of the tunnel
Today wasn’t just another day
It was a morning filled with gray