Restraint

A poem about false imprisonment

Restraint

Sitting in a darkened cell 

four by four tomb

my personnel hell

Head still thumping from the baton that was held

the marvellous blow raising his smile 

did he hear me yell?

I was only trying to help, 

the girl was already dead

I’m not refusing arrest

The blow to my head 

how am I a sick f**k?

I was covering her breast 

No I didn’t rape her 

the police officers patience I did surely test

Sitting whilst blood gushes 

from my open wound

doctors then to the station

where I am now entombed   

the cell door clunks as the viscous officer stands

shadowing the light 

asking for my hands

restraints are applied

cold metal cutting my wrist

sorry it was a mistake

 false imprisonment

I shouldn’t have tried to resist

So I may be free 

yet a victim to police brutality 

all for showing common decency 

  to covering which I believed

 was a sleeping womans personal privacy  

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Ashley Myers]

I liked reading this. theres so much truth in this from the fact that a womans body parts are suppose to private dead or not, and the fact that people sometimes are caught at the wrong time in the wrong place and are convicted as guilty when really theyre innocent

[A]

Lovely, poetic story about a new subject, it relates to realistic of how some people are imprisoned wrongly, well expressed in that concept
well-done

[jessica Wray]

Amazing.

[♥Kaitlyn♥]

very powerful :p
I find it very interesting how you wrote this.
It is very good
I love it

[J. R.]

A truly powerful image of wrongful imprisonment. Sometimes the law is wrong and good men suffer. Excellent work

[northern monkey]

Great job - beautifully structured and worded - a telling tale. Scape-goat familiar experience for anyone who's been on demonstrations.

[howlfjdks]

Amazing.

[♥Chloe-The-Zombi..]

this is brilliant. enough said :P

[Dilan Gray]

This poem was really powerful and you had great images in it. You described everything beautifully and really showed the situation well. I really liked this poem.

[Frankie Nguyen]

You never cease to amaze me (: I loved how this was written. I loved how you showed how screwed the system can be.