Suzanna Chevalier Poems

Why not have certain inmates who are willing to change—
realize they can get better and write a new page—
A new page to their life from not going back to the insane—
Through sheriffs good thoughts, actions words and deeds
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Doing what matters most
for I am still human, I’m not a ghost.
“You are Oneness, Consciousness and Bliss”
I kept repeating this.
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Going across a cross walk and what do I see?
A flashing hand starring at me.
Count down the voice does go
it reminds me of my handprint that
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If this is their first offense
and they are “not” serial rapists or mentally ill
or used guns to kill-
Should we ruin their names-
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What if a light worker committed suicide
in confined walls
wouldn’t that had been a depressing thing for us all?
A light worker can bring light and change from the outside
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Pray for inmates walking to court in chains
chains around their ankles they do feel pain.
How does this affect the human psyche?
Are we making them more like criminals
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In our great country of the US of A
we are guilty until proven innocent
no matter what they say.
Someone could frame you and lie to the cops
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The least I could do for them is send
a blessing with my hands
they are in confinement with no one to understand.
I send them my prayers and my light everyday-
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When we get arrested we have to immediately
pay to get out…
We have to pay a lawyer to win without a doubt.
We are “guilty” until proven innocent
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Creating a new system is more powerful with everyone’s thoughts
we can all add to the solution of redoing a system that is wrought.
Fighting a system without thinking how things can be changed
we keep just putting up with this so everything stays the same.
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