Prisoner Poetry

 

 

             MY EYES ARE OPEN

           by Alan Walls

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your splendor surrounds me, it’s everywhere,
Wherever I look Your glory is there.
It’s always been there waiting for me,
My eyes are open, now I can see.

You reveal Your majesty in the stars up above,
You express Your love in the form of a dove.
You make known Your Wisdom by the mysteries at sea,
With all its vastness it’s hard to conceive.

 As the eagle takes flight with her wings wide open,
Catching the currents of wind from the words You have spoken.
The oceans, the mountains, the river, and the trees,
My eyes are open to the beauty of Thee.

Looking towards Heaven with my eyes open wide,
Beholding Your glory no words can describe.
No mind can fathom no heart can contain,
The abundance of power that’s held in Your name.

Eyes once blinded though I thought I could see,
Now my eyes are open, You have set me free
To enjoy all the goodness you created in life,
My eyes are open to the Lord Jesus Christ.
 

 

  BE A SOUL WINNER

by Kenneth Cotton

 

 

 

 

 

Jesus came to seek and to save
The poor, lost sinner before the grave.
He can’t be seen, His face is hid,
It’s up to us to tell what He did.
And when we go with God’s Good News
His Spirit reveals the wonderful truths
Of Jesus’ death and the victory,
How He foiled Satan and set us free;
Free to live and laugh and love.
With showers and blessings from above.
And when we truly love men’s souls
We’ll set ourselves the Heavenly goals;
Like go and tell and witness and preach.
And, Oh, the joy within your heart
When another soul is set apart.
So let Christ in you tell God’s plan
And rescue a sin-filled, hell-bound man.

 
 

THE WICKED ONE

by Trey B. Birriel, #01A0383

 

 

I know who you are, can’t fool me no more
I won’t be who you want me to be
You want me to hate all those I adore
But you won’t get the best of me.

I won’t let you destroy my heart and mind
I answer to the One who made me
There’s nothing in you I could ever find
There’s nothing you have to persuade me.

I’m not afraid of anything you have to say
Or anything that you can do
Whatever it is you put in my way
My Lord will see me through.

You won’t bring me down with nothing at all
No fear, no pain will take me
You can try to trip me, I still won’t fall
Nothing you do will break me.

God gave me the strength to stand up to you
And be ready to fight and defeat you
So whatever to me you decide to do
With my hands behind me, I’ll beat you!

 

Quiet Time

by Old Man Walker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In a quite time, while I am alone
As my mind seems to wander
About so many things

 One is life, how my life is?
You know, how it turned out

As every kid, I too had dreams
To become this or that,
Life

 Quiet time, when I am alone
My mind starts to wander
Just really where I went wrong
Life… with my life
How I just let life pass me by

 Quiet time, when I am alone
My life now, in this prison cell
I can smile and hold my head high

You see, now I have eternal life
Cause, Quiet time, while I was alone
I found the Lord

 

 

   Sunshine and Rain

    by Fred Tims

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No life is useless, and no day is vain
For God has a purpose for sunshine and rain
All get discouraged and everyone cries
But we’re never alone beneath cloudy skies
All hearts can break, they’re fragile as glass
But God will mend them, and this too shall pass
Sometimes we succeed and some times we fail
So follow your dream
Because no one’s a loser who gives it their best
And you can stand tall above all the rest
Those who are faithful are noble at heart
And no life is useless when God has a part
Be swift to give praises and slow to complain
Because God has a purpose for sunshine and rain
By Fred Tims, Missouri Inmate

 

 

       Deliverance

        by Jennifer Olson

      

   Col 1:13) For He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son He Loves.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         I Finally Found You

           By Kenneth Doster

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After all these years,

I thought you never existed.

But now I can feel your smile

We usually passed each other,

Or I took a wrong turn

Lost in my thoughts like a child.

When I was alone,

sometimes I felt your presence

but my mind told me it wasn’t true.

I’ve read books about you.

I’ve had dreams about you

but still, I never had a clue.

I’ve seen your work.

It left me in awe

Then I’d quickly dismiss it, as luck.

I never saw you coming.

I was so exposed

and afraid of your silent touch.

But, now you are here,

as close as my heartbeat

supporting all the good that I do.

At times I wish

that we had met sooner

but I’m happy that I finally found you.