Sensory Deprivation

by KAP DAR   Jun 13, 2007


Many who've suffered sensory deprivation
from being jailed said they would prefer to die
as they wore the ones who remembered
what it was to be alive without severe
pain of deprivation and stress.

when you feel your brain starving to death
one young mother said, who was jailed
in solitary confinement
for being a human rights activist,
its the worst intense suffering
for any human to endure
and should be abolished....
i concurred as then i said

how the suffering, torture, and death
of a human-being for a crime
compensates for the crime
has never been clear to me
the system has failed miserably
jail should be humane,
structured applied with humanity
dormitory's should replace
the old metal cages
served throughout the ages as torture,
its time for a change
rehabilitation style with home leave
the way punishment should be
to make life better for all
to make life fair is to care
for humanity as the bible says
to be all things to all men,
is to have compassion
to better understand
love for all
peace and understanding
rather then hatred and war,
if we are to survive as humankind
the blind must first open there eyes
and look at facts and figures seriously
rather then listening to the lies and story's
created in there own shallow unconsciousness
driven by the media hoopla for the greed of TV ratings
to pit man against man is to create controversy and anger
in the hearts of an all ready mad insane cruel world.

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  • 16 years ago

    by claire

    This is a great poem, and in many ways, I agree. If you've ever read True Notebooks, or any other book about jail (I've read many) you get the idea that nothing really gets better there. There are gangs in jail, drugs in jail, and the physically weaker people still get beat up. And those who get out often end up back in. So whats the point? Most things would be and improvement to the current system. This is a well written poem, but some punctuation might help when talking about the young mother.
    ~claire