INTO THE LIGHT (DEFIANCE OF SILENCE)

BY R. MIRANDA

INCARCERATION
An Island
Lost in darkness
Does not define me
Cannot confine me

Loneliness laden moments
Marked by time …
The onus is not on time
Spent away from family
The onus is time spent
Away from family
Yet my brothers are here
With me – within me
Brothers undefined by tradition
United through condition

A composition
Underscoring dis-similar life styles
Experiences so un-a-like …
So much the same …
Voices compacted – morphing – becoming
A symphony of silence
Un-til each word
S  l  o  w  l  y
Becoming heard
Liberates – ignites – freedom’s torch! | RM

R. MIRANDA WAS BORN IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA. HE IS NATIVE AMERICAN (MAYAN, APACHE, YAQUI) AND SPANISH/ROMANIAN. HIS WRITING IS A FORM OF POSITIVE FOCUS AND HEALING AND EXPRESSION.