In the name of Allah

Bismillah al rahman al Rahim

First and foremost Thank you’ll for coming again
When I walked into the library aand saw you’ll familiar faces
My happiness I could barely hold within
I am so anxious to continue where we left off
It feels good to be able to express myself and by no means do I feel soft
I truly appreciate you’ll concern for us
It’s so sincere
Monday thru Thursday I’m good
I don’t want Friday to come here
What I enjoyed about today’s group was the topics
Love/hate, I firmly believe everything happens for a reason
I call it fate
These poetry groups help me a lot, various
Styles of writing I want to explore
I am able to put my thoughts/feelings together better
O, how I have matured?
When it’s time to write and participate with the group
You’ll encourage me to strive
I am like a turtle
When I come out of my shell, I feel so alive
When I said I was crazy, I partied hard and had fun
What you’ll don’t know about me is before I came to prison
I hustled, smoked, drank, and popped pills
But now I don’t want either one
Being intoxicated
High 24/7 clouded a lot of decisions I made
Then I caught this case and realized in the game of like I got played
All praises is due to Allah he left me a way out
Now when I hear lying witness, false evidence and prosecutorial misconduct I know what they are about
I never would have known what they were on the bricks
My life was a façade
I chased fast money and cute chicks
Now I am away from all the worldly distractions
I have become a dreamer, I think about my sons a lot
Allah willing I meet a female
I hope she is a muslimah
Nothing last forever and sad and true, one thing for sure
Two things for certain I will never forget none of you
I hope the feeling is mutual because after any storm the sun gots to shine
This is a heartfelt poem
I mean every line out of the 5 and half years I have been incarcerated
The nine days I have spent with you’ll have been a blessing
When this group is over
I am gonna miss you all more than before
This is my confession
Thank you all for coming again
I consider you all friends, hopefully when this group is over this isn’t the end!

Abdul Haleem aka Desmond
Copyright © 2010


Jayonce [Jay + Beyonce and combination of their songs - this is funny!]

Excuse me Miss, I think I’ve seen you before

Is it De Ja Vu?

I’m looking for a Bonnie to my Clyde, are you?

Looking for a Soldier too?

I like girls, girls, girls I’m going to keep it real

If we’re crazy in love I’ll pay your bills, bills, bills

I’m not the bug-a-boo type I’ll let you live you see

I’ll give it to you it you’ll cater to me

I’ll never go through your videophone & check your text

But the minute you start telling me you’re irreplaceable

I’m on the next

I want to upgrade you & buy you girl’s best friend

You’re my sunshine & we ride to the very end

I am a survivor, a renegade, with no regrets

I will never change, even when I lose my breath

Whenever you want to talk I am willing to listen

I really want to know you I am on a mission

When you are not in my presence I want to shout

I am going to miss you & that’s the truth

Reasonable doubt!



Abdul Haleem aka Desmond

Copyright © 2010

I can Trust

You never miss a good thing until it’s gone
They took my joy a day early…They are so wrong
We knew this day was coming, I don’t want to see No tears
You will always be in my heart I’ll keep you’ll near
Thank ya’ll for being real it felt good to know people still care
With ya’ll I made my life an open book
Anything ya’ll want to know I’ll share
Poems are expressing your feelings so I am gonna be direct
With ya’ll it’s deeper than words
I really felt like we connect
There is no need to be sad
We will always be friends
The last two meetings we’ve built an understanding that’ll never end
There was no limit in the subjects we discussed
I felt real comfortable
Ya’ll are individuals I can trust

Abdul Haleem aka Desmond

Copyright © 2010