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New Writing and Poem by Kenneth Foster/Haramia KiNassor

By "Persian Cowboy"

As I look out my window?.the building looks just like death row. I can?t help but to stare at it. The building is the same. The windows are the same. Even the area surrounding it is almost identical. I can?t seem to take my eyes off the building. I watch it as if it was going to jump out the way. But it doesn?t. It?s the same concrete and steel that I?ve known for 11 years now. And as I look at this building- that looks exactly like death row- I ask myself: How are you?The conversations between Me, My/Self and I continue, because I learned long ago that if one can?t fraternize with its own soul then they are doomed to a far worse torment than the prison system. Prisons and hells are internal as well as external. I find that I am repeatedly asking my Self- How are you? Are you ok? Are you healing? I look at myself in the mirror and I ask my Self- How traumatized are you? I?ve been tough, I?ve been strong, I?ve endured, I?ve smiled when I wanted to cry and cried when I didn?t have the slightest damn idea why...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on March 14, 2008 (boomark / email).