My First Day Poem by Anthony Goodall

When the doors shut for the first time
The cold steal rings and it makes my heart sing.
All these walls of concrete steal
Are the beginning and end for those who sin.
Not even your imagination could take you this far
To see them all behind their bars

It’s like a parade, but I keep a brave face
When Sweat runs down back and my face,
As I walk they giggle and stair
They make me nervous, even a bit scared.
Here I stand for all to see
In this place of misery.

I couldn't live in this place
The smell, the grit, the scum of the human race
It’s enough to make you lose your faith.
But I stand tall among them all
Because I wear blue and it’s what I doo.
I’m a Screw