A Poem About Loneliness

Spoon Jackson writes about the distance that prison creates, and how it breeds a unique type of loneliness.

DISTANCE
by Spoon Jackson

Everyone wants to love me
From afar

A distant star
Goes dark
Without the kiss
Of light from other stars

Everyone wants to hug me
From afar
When air hugs turn cold
In the night

Every one wants to know me
From afar
And think I have so much 
Going on 

Letters and calls
From around the world
But they don't see the tears
And how my heart stops at night

I sit like a waning sun
Hoping to touch light
To touch toes, hearts and sprits

They don't know
How broken, sad and tired
I am of being alone
In a place 
I don't want to be. 

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Spoon would love to receive your letters. Send them here:

Spoon Jackson B-92377
Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (RJD)
E Yard (Level II) 24, A104 lower
480 Alta Rd.
San Diego, CA 92179