I see myself slowing slipping into that dark abyss
Destined to spend eternity
Warehoused and caged like a beast
Asking where is the humanity
Stripped of all integrity
And the right to be me
Another nameless one trapped in this insanity
Given a number
A practice to dehumanize
And deprive us the essence of life
More specifically, I am a dollar sign
In the profit
Of the prison-industrial complex
Otherwise known as CDCR
Where their bottom line is more precious than a human life
Fueled by the ideologies of a corrupt and capitalistic society
A living testimony that I stand
To prove to the world that even the people society has thrown away
Have the power and strength to change their destiny