Inside Voices

Cheating! Women everywhere are being cheated on every day. It has now become the norm in today’s society. Most people’s response would be...

I've always seemed what some may call naive, green, blind to the fact I think it may come from growing up in such a small, tight knit,...

When working in a prison, they tend to lose their vision at the gate. Not in a psychical sense but in a mental and emotional sense. They...

Have you ever wanted to go explore the world? Well for starters I would not go to any Arabian countries. There are many people being...

The sixth grade, eleven years old and trying so hard to fit somewhere. The in thing in my world right now is the pink ladies club… It is...

Broken, Angry, and lonely was who I was left to be. Looking into my world you would never see. Beautiful, running, playing with a smile...

When you look at me, you look at me with disgust. You dont want me in your presence. You cringe at the thought of sharing the same...

Lights, Action, Camera Nod your head, turn, smile “Everything is great!” Look around I have done this for so long cant you see An ?, a...

…Who wasn’t known by them before, so, the only thing they can see is their preconceived notions of me. They don’t know the type of mother...

With a shovel I dig – dig and throw the sand behind me. The more I dig the more I sweat – The sand piles up behind me…. but my hole just...

No place to call home. No place of their own. Doing what ever just to get by some lie, some scheme some even fake a cry. using their...

Pick a word to describe her wandering around, one feeling to the next, Never sure which direction she’s going. Vacant eyes that have seen...

This has no name because it doesn’t matter she doesn’t matter She’ll do it, just take them, it to her. Shes not busy, it doesn’t matter...

Prison re-entry should not begin as you prepare to leave, it should begin as you enter the system. It seems that we most often focus on...

I remember a time when I was in bed with my son who was asleep but wakes up around the same time as I looked down on my baby as he was...

I think that there is enough help and/or assistance in arms reach if someone wants it bad enough. I think there should be more...

Who are the dead, how do they interact? Individuals whom you see walking around the stout face, solemn lifeless eyes, staring through...

I stood back as law enforcement used bolt cutters to remove the padlocked chains from the French doors of my home, courtesy of an...

What is an experience in my life that has had a huge impact? Okay, so doing drugs such as weed had prolific openings to another world and...

Blue eyes that fought until darkness deceived. Black hair on a pumpkin head. Shimmering, crystalline sea. So early was the time. The...