"Behind The Wire"

All those years

 behind the wire

razor edged and thick as brier.

Nursing wounds slow to heal

not knowing really how to feel.

There are others too, this side of the wire

so many stories, a bottom-less mire.

Like some old shoe that someone forgot

like fruit on the vine left to rot.

All those years behind the wire...

a spirit broken, no spark or fire.

But to this old coin there are two sides

because the truth we cannot hide.

For every man must one day face

the secrets of that inner place.

I've faced those demons and my fear

behind the wire all those years.

And now I'm on the other side...

it was always mine to decide.

Thank you and may God bless...Night.2012