To a Poet in a Penitentiary
``I have set before thee an open door,
and no man can shut it.''
- Revelation
For you, to be on the inside looking out
is to find a window of prayer in poetry,
learning a vision
that infiltrates despair. The dead weight
of prison life turns into paradox.
You set words gently free.
Your days become unshackled in your poems....