A cool cat gliding with soul,
Immense wisdom his demeanor,
Loved grooving to a tune,
Cherished every family member, never forgetting a name, Incarcerated severely by a condemning system,
Never gave up the fight for freedom,
Even with no light on the horizon,
Faith and education his only escape,
Diagnosed terminal with the cankerworm,
Hospice in an infirmary prison cell,
Praying for compassionate release,
Forty-seven years in, denied on his deathbed,
No mercy for a lifer with remorse in his heart,
He finally made it home.