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Franklin’s wife called.
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Prison visits are approved.
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It is hurting
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For Tim to go back to prison
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Just a visit
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But emotions are confusing.
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I balked at them
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I did not want to face me.
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I did not want
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old feelings of my own guilt.
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Now I face them.
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I got the forms and sent them
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5
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Between locked doors
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I remembered my entrance,
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The clanging doors
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reoccurring in my nightmares.
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Experiencing
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the old pain and memories,
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7
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I remember
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a missed visit when Sis gave up.
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Waiting for me.
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Prison guards would not find me
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When she told me
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I remember her frustration.
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The visit was great,
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Even memories were good;
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trust, prison friends.
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the hurt I needed to face.
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And what I caused
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for my family members?
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11
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Stepping at times.
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with usual baby steps.
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I gets glimpses
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of what God sees in Tim.
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Learning to trust
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seems to come slowly for me.
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- When Lance wanted
- a visit I had chosen to
- Procrastinate
- any real prison visit.
- I was busy
- I did not fill out the forms
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- At the visit
- I was to 4 times beep through
- The detecter
- For my belt, watch, glasses, shoes.
- In the future
- I’ll leave items in the car
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- So this is what
- Coming from outside was like.
- I am waiting
- so Franklin must be busy.
- I will ponder.
- Perhaps it’s a church meeting.
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- There is Franklin
- and the biggest smile I’ve seen..
- Comfortably
- we talk of prison life and hope,
- human weakness
- and learning social trusting.
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- As I depart
- I am satisfied, fulfilled
- But processing
- the hard confused memories.
- I will return
- God will help me face this hurt.
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- Even though God
- Tells of a glorious future,
- It’s not easy
- For this old addict to see.
- Challenges viewed
- As new opportunities,
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