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When Day is Done

Posted by MFish • Profile • 06/20/23 at 10:37PM • Other • See more by MFish

When day is done
and you sit alone,
can you call a friend
or relative to talk,
through the frustrations
of your current struggles?

Yes, you can but we also
have issues. I feel guilt
if, I discuss mine.
Why must I give my
burden to someone else?

A Comment by Loy

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Loy • 06/21/2023 at 12:03PM • Like 1 • Profile

That’s what friends are for. :)

Buy me a drink,
you owe one to me.
I'll tell you a story,
of what was meant to be.

It started long ago,
when I was quite young.
I was incarcerated,
but did not succumb.

A sentence to prison
of one year for me.
Solitary confinement,
until I couldn't see.

I had never been
in this place, I said,
for all practical purposes,
my life was now dead.

I struggled for years,
to overcome this part
of my life which
took away love and hurt.

I am much stronger,
it's in my eyes,
for I have powerful friends,
who now realize.

The criminal injustice,
which took me away
and now I look
towards a better day.

Snohomish, Skagit and Island County

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