Float on and live without despair.
4/2021
Something fresh
Something new
The next chapter
Of a heart that’s true
Work hard as always
Live for the weekend
Solace and meaning
As I eliminate weakness
Demons everywhere
I avoid them like the plague
Traps and falsehoods
The fucked-up bed I’ve made
Cos it’s hard on the outside
To steer clear of your vices
When your peers are the cream
Of the criminal classes
It’s hard to find work
With a criminal record
It’s hard to find friends
As a thirty-four-year-old adult
But I’ll wait patiently
For things to change
Look for the best in me
In this world so strange
Cos this is the greatest
Show on earth
Existence in the present world
The miracle of your birth
We have enough to eat
A rood over our heads
Technology and wonder
A warm cozy bed
So give thanks for our blessings
Give thanks for our time
We are given on earth
And the meaning we find
No matter how hard it gets
It can all float away
Never give up
Tomorow’s a new day
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I’ve been having a break from the poetry, partly to focus on my studies and career prospects and partly that I feel I have said everything that’s on my mind already. I don’t do a lot of rhyming stuff but this one felt natural.
Life after incarceration is full of challenges, finding work and figuring out when to tell a date about my past are often a struggle. Somehow, I manage to float on and live without despairing or losing hope.
High Seas Clothing 
Hi, Christo, I am glad that you are progressing with your career and generally with life. This poem, like all your poems, is honest and inspirational. I know that you are not going to like my comment but if you are no longer involved with the criminal fraternity, you should drop the worse of the swear word, F word. Otherwise it will mark you forever as an uncouth man, and I don’t think that is your aspiration. Those who need to swear don’t know enough English words to make their point.
Good luck with your studies.
Joanna
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Good luck with those studies, Christo. Never to late to enhance your education.
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Thanks art, I’m waiting on my grades now, always good to learn new skills:)
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