Inmate's Corner

TRAPPED IN TIME

Isolation, degradation, captured lives inside a cage Repression, inhibition, a domain of bottled rage Corridors of madness, a challenge of the mind, beckoning for one's sanity, a factor in its design.
Some fold within its grasp,
the strong will prevail
and the weaker will collapse.
The key lies not with repudiation.
It rests within the burden of reality,
and man's self-preservation,
conditioning of the temple,
and discipline of one's wits.
These things combined
enable any man to survive.
life's most hellish pits!

Written by:
Paul E. Taylor
Death Row
Pontiac Correctional Center