The cracks and crevices 
The bricks and steel 
The pain and punishment
The way the earth has seemed 
to rotate away from what was once
expected from the universe.
How the sunlight can only be 
seen from one side of the 
building, one particular 
side in which I am forced 
to dwell, with them, the others
who have been deemed 
unworthy of any attention
unfit for the rest of society
incapable of being helped
We, the prisoners, see the 
the way that life can take 
a person and twist them 
inside out while shaking
out whatever knowledge
they once obtained about
dignity and self respect
Those who have once 
told us that we had a 
chance now hang 
their heads in shame
because even they 
know now that we 
never had a chance
and will never again
be given the oppurtunity
to make right what has 
been taken from us
A moral compass
that now spins in 
all directions.
Useless.