Prison
How much longer
Will this prison
Hold me
This body
My cell
This earth
My hell
Will heaven
Embrace me
Once my time
Has come
Will I fall into
Another hell
An eternal one
Maybe I’ll live forever
Maybe once I close
My eyes
It all ends
I stare out these windows
Into the fire that surrounds
Always wondering when
Always contemplating
The length of my sentence
©2023 Michael E. Duckwall All rights reserved.
Michael E. Duckwall was born and raised in the Ohio Valley. Growing up in a small town that most people have never even heard of, Blocher, Indiana. He’s been writing poetry since late elementary school and hasn’t shared his work with anyone until the past couple of years. Now that he’s opened up, he has so much that he wants to contribute to the writing community. This is how Michael describes his poems: “I don’t write, I release. I’m not sure if I could hold any of this in, even if I wanted to. Poetry.. my therapy, my friend, my release.”
Brother Duck also has a new book available; Ramblings of a Recovering Poet.
