CORONAVIRUS-2019'S IMPACT ON INCARCERATED SOULS THROUGH THE EYES OF MR. TREVOR MATTIS

The International Men’s Day Team’s Impartial and Fair Treatment In Parole Initiative (http://www.usainternationalmensday. blogspot.com) thanks award-winning author, filmmaker, activist,  Founder of Sagewriters (www.sagewriters.org), and Director of the Global Kindness Revolution,  Ms. Judith Trustone for  sharing a moving poem penned by prolific author, poet, Inside Director for Sagewriters (www.sagewriters.org) Mr. Trevor Mattis who has been unjustly incarcerated for a crime he did not commit.  Mr. Mattis provides a soberingly moving poetic narrative  -- "A Cup Of Tea" on the Coronavirus and  how it is impacting the 2.3 million souls  -- emotionally, psychologically, and spiritually --who currently reside in county, state, and federal prisons throughout the United State.  Let's collectively work to bring incarcerated souls whose health is being compromised by the Coronavirus home.

 A CUP OF TEA 

In the midst of this Corona crisis

I sip a cup of tea.

Free as I can be

I sip a cup of tea.

Trapped I am in

this six by seven cell,

a living hell for some.

Terrified, what if Corona comes?

Coffins for all, the good and the bad,

the big, the small,

disposable life forces,

locked gates, no remorse

frightened oppressors gone.

It’s my reality.

Frustration, anxiety?

No serenity, peace or tranquility.

Free as I can be,

I sip a cup of tea.

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To contact  Mr. Trevor Mattis directly, please send correspondence to:

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P.O. Box 33028

St Petersburg, FL  33733