Poetry

Behind Locked Doors

by Arlene Johnson

These steel doors shut my life away
Without remorse or consideration
To ever see my loved ones again.

Why oh why can't they see I am a
Human being just like all the others?

I have feelings, thoughts, and opinions
That if they'd only let me, I would express.

Don't they realize they're doing to
Humanity what they're doing to us?

Maybe some day they will.
Maybe some day they'll listen.