Letters to a Prisoner
by
Connie D.
Corney Press
Kaneohe, Hawaii
Letters to a Prisoner by Connie D © 2011 Published by Corney Press publishing at Smashwords
All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be used or reproduced without written permission.
Printed in the United States of America.
Smashwords
License Statement
This
ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may
not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to
share this book with another person, please purchase an additional
copy for each reader. If you’re reading this book and did not
purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please
return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for
respecting the hard work of this author.
Foreword
This book contains poems and letters written to my son in Oahu Community Correctional Center in 2009, the second time he was arrested after turning himself in for probation violations. The State of Hawaii is extremely lenient with these drug addicts and we, as law-abiding citizens, would be better served if more of these addicts were locked up sooner. He is currently in Drug Court, a two year state sponsored supervised release program. He started experimenting with drugs at 19 after he left home and enlisted in the Army. Currently in his twelfth program, he is thirty three years old and has been straight again for over a year now and is doing fine. I chose to sign this book as Connie D. because this plague stretches all known boundaries; it is not just about me and my family, rather it is a wake-up call to all who choose to enable the addict. This book is dedicated to the countless families afflicted with the plague of Crystal Meth addiction.
A Mother’s Strength
crawls on bloody knees to protect her young,
would rather die than betray her child’s blind innocence,
chokes on the creaking silence of an unanswered call,
lies awake in empty rooms fighting back a torrent of tears,
summons courage from deserts of dry wells,
shows up with a pail of forgiveness every morning,
stares down dismay for years on end.
Her love is fierce.
Her love is granite.
She thinks she is god.
Table of Contents
Attitudes
Weather Forecast
Wanted
Thinking of You
Dear Son 7/31/09
Letting Go
Philosophy
Meditation
Contemplating
the Wind
Choices
Codependent
Mendacity
Choices
Keeping Records
Dear Son—8/1/09
Letters to a Prisoner
A Suggested Letter to the Judge
Affliction
Dysfunctional
Enablers
Prisoner
Self-Worth
Stupidity
Wishful Thinking
Boxing
Silence
Twilight Zone.
An Opinion.
Maturity
You Gotta Believe It
What Our Dogs Teach Us
Dear Son 8/13/09
Masks
Dear Son- 8/30/09
Justifiable Anger
Sign of the Times
Prodigal Son
Dear Son-9/10/09
Muffin Man
Monkey Mind
Fire god
Surviving -Addiction
Afterword
Acknowledgements..
ATTITUDES
Lava Flow
“Crystal Meth doesn’t take any prisoners!”
Weather Forecast
Stubborn slant
across
wide forehead
interests
curious bystanders.
Forecast predicts
intermittent rain and shine
followed by growth spurts
and phases of hormonal flux
learning how
to confront
and cope with
the probabilities.
Wanted
Well-behaved
adult male child
who remembers birthdays
and occasionally calls
to let us know how he is.
Must stay