“Observed But Never Held”

Prisoner Artwork

This poem came in the mail today from a prisoner.  The letters we receive are so often astounding – full of gratitude and searching.  Proof of the strength of creativity and growth, even in the face of unimaginable hardship.

Across oceans and continents it spreads

like wind

a fire fanned by the seeker

Not all that search find refuge

like vapors

observed but never held

Peace comes at a price of emptiness

like vessels

which contain nothing but truth.