No Room to Die

No Room to Die

A Poem by ROXANE DORSEY

In this dungeon I sit 
I stare through few bars
trap'd cobblestone walls
square shape
metal door 
unable to explore
time ticks slow
nowhere to go

In this dungeon
felons commit
minds pretend 
make up friends
exchange could have been

In this dungeon
portion of dark embodies
emptiness overlays 
shattered thoughts
pouring out cries 
59 years to go, thinking
no room to die.

© 2018 ROXANE DORSEY


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Roxane, one of your best! Gut-wrenching... leaves the reader empty and sad. And, though we’re all responsible for our actions, we don’t all have the same good examples and influences. And, sometimes this is the tragic result. Thanks for sharing this one.

Posted 6 Years Ago


ROXANE DORSEY

6 Years Ago

Rob I experienced being locked up for 4 months. Some actually love going to jail during winters tim.. read more
This profound write...bears the very heavy weight of
isolation ...fabricating freedom in bits and pieces to survive..
Be this a literal or metaphoric incarceration...
you brought this...keep writing !

Posted 6 Years Ago


ROXANE DORSEY

6 Years Ago

Hey J H thanks very kindly for the review and read
59 years. A long time dear Roxane. Some prisons are a lifetime and sometime we must break down the walls of the prisons and move on to a better place. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

Posted 6 Years Ago


ROXANE DORSEY

6 Years Ago

picked number at random. thanks very much for review
Coyote Poetry

6 Years Ago

You are welcome dear Roxane.
choices,choices,choices wrong or right they are ours

Posted 6 Years Ago


ROXANE DORSEY

6 Years Ago

Yes Word you said it. Thanks for the review and read
the regrets and knowledge comes too late...if only we would have made different decisions, but for those incarcerated, there are so many years to think about it all...too many.
j.

Posted 6 Years Ago


ROXANE DORSEY

6 Years Ago

Hey there aren't any do overs. Yet everyday has possibility, a new beginning. thanks for reviewing
So powerful and despairing..great form, flow, cadence, imagery, metaphor..” No room to die”-great title and ending. I have been there. Brava!

Posted 6 Years Ago


ROXANE DORSEY

6 Years Ago

Very glad to know how you feel and thanks

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Added on January 4, 2018
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ROXANE DORSEY
ROXANE DORSEY

baltimore, MD



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