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A pastel sunset glows through foliage over a beach
Photo by Abigail Ducote on Unsplash

Time after time
I try to succeed;
Time after time
I fall to my knees.

Where is hope
When you can’t find light?
There seems no end
To this long, long fight.

And still I try
To find a way
To find some path
To a better place.

Many thanks
To those I meet
Who share with me
The things I need.

Family and friends
I count on them.
It is to you I send
My love in pen.

Disclaimer: The views in this article are those of the author. Prison Journalism Project has verified the writer’s identity and basic facts such as the names of institutions mentioned.

James A. Holmes is a writer incarcerated in California.