“Life’s Hard in Prison”
Kiara
De La Salle Middle School at St. Matthews
(Dedicated to my uncle, James Bailey)
"Life's Hard in Prison" by Kiara De La Salle Middle School at St. Matthews This video was taken at the 2011 7GP 7th Grade Poetry Contest Winner Event in St. Louis, MO. Read the poems of every 7GP winner at www.7gp.org. The 7th Grade Poetry Foundation (7GP) is transforming young lives and their classrooms through writing.
It’s hard
To let others be in charge.
To always be told to get up,
Not even enough time to shoot a layup.
You sit in your cell
Thinking, Man, this is like Hell,
But you caused it yourself.
Don’t criticize a brother,
Just love one another.
Be cool, calm, collected
Or you will be rejected.
Keep your space
So haters won’t get in your face.
Don’t make a case
By killing the spirit of a brother
Who may or may not have your skin color.
Just love one another.