Leave Our Children Alone

by Paul Tristram / February 18th, 2024

Someone [or some people] ‘Daring’
painted it in big white letters
… “Leave Our Children Alone”…
upon the front wall
of HMP Swansea Prison,
just right of the gate
… and, I mean 2ft high writing,
not in spray paint
[like normal graffiti]
… but, in actual bold brush strokes.
I walked past it every day
for about a month or so,
admiring this incredible act
of cheek and bravery
… until ‘The Man’ came
and Scrubbed the ‘Rebellion’ away.

Paul Tristram is a widely published Welsh writer who deals in the Lowlife, Outsider, and Outlaw genres.  He wrote his first poem as a teenager following his release from the (Infamous) Borstal ‘HMP Portland’, and he has been creating Literary Terrorism ever since.  His novel ‘Crazy Like Emotion’ is available to purchase right here . Also his collection of shorter fiction Kicking Back Drunk ‘Round The Candletree Graves' is available to purchase at https://bookgoodies.com/a/B0DFMTSR4F Both books are published by Close To The Bone Publishing. Read other articles by Paul, or visit Paul's website.

This article was posted on Sunday, February 18th, 2024 at 8:03am and is filed under Poetry.