The Pen
There is a bang
as the gavel
strikes the bench.
My mind unravels
from the sentence
that is imposed
Just another case closed
and life as I know it ends…
Ten years thrice to
serve in the pen.
But then
I pick up my pen
and start to live again.
With each stroke of ink
I transcend
my transgressions,
release
my repressions.
And for the first time
I am truly free
because of the pen.
©Charles Yonkings,2016