Please listen to the call
Listen to what you are being asked to do
If you love the ones you have
convinced yourself you are acting to protect
listen now and do not delay
Do not listen to me
Listen to the clear voice of God, that call
surely once upon a time you felt
and heed this warning if for nothing else
so that their lives be held
I ask it for me too
for I feel your pain whether I wish to or not
and it would assist me in being
who I need to be if not to have your support
physically then to live peaceably
Listen to your heart
and do not go blindly into what seems celebration
but find what courage you are given
and see truth and walk away from all else
without the need to fight
Contraband Marriage, traveling along the hemline of loving after incarceration, is a love story written in lyric and free form, set in reality with a different ever after.