Here I sit
with a twenty-five pound weight 
tied to my leg
with an itchy twine rope
telling me not to move
freedom is far away,
maybe six or seven feet,
and justice is even farther away
I can not bear the sight
of people moaning and screeming
for things 
that we take for granted,
like this twenty-five pound weight
and this itchy twine rope
or even justice 
and possably freedom.


8:53 PM 8/19/04