Cornell, 45
Incarcerated: 7 years
Housed: San Quentin
Pain
As I can recall
Mr. McCall said there are two types of pain:
One hurts
One alters
Let you tell me which reigns
In this life
Can’t control now
And where pain will be
Seems to find you
Where you are
Pinpoint delivery
Keeps you thinking
Feelings; facts
And the truth won’t believe
Best way to heal
Pain
Is to share it with the world
Not hurt people hurting people
Group circles, let it twirl
Share your stories and relate
As you’re listening to others
Cold thing called fate
Real love, warm covers
Pain could start as a seed
And develop over time
Hard to root out those thoughts
So much trauma on your mind
Pain could come in an instant
Blindsided by a light
Pain could come be that one missing
Thinking about them at night
Pain is speaking your mind
Feeling misunderstood
Pain in you being kind
Them backstabbing cause they can
Pain is sacrificing and help out
Finding out your being used
Pain is truth left out
And only lies in the news
Pain is one interview
To determine your fate
Pain is knowing you changed
And them seeing it late
Pain is waiting; anticipating
For unfulfilled expectations
Pain is having all new tools
Knowing all the instructions
But can’t open the box
Cause your key doesn’t work
Pain teaches in ways nothing else could
Through some pains comes profit
Deeper than commas
Pain speaks through prophet
Preparing you for tomorrow