Fundrasier for April Barber
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April needs to raise money for attorney fees. You can help by sending a money order to April at the address below, or you can send money via paypal to Kelly at poet_kelly@yahoo.com and Kelly will forward it to April.

Here is April's letter about her needs:

My name is April Barber and I am incarcerated. I’m serving two consecutive life terms for a crime committed when I was 15 years old. I was in a bad situation and unfortunately it ended on a bad note.

Poetry By April

Green Eyes

I feel like if I died-
no one would give a fuck.
I wonder why I'm still around-
it must be dumb luck.
Surely my life was not intended
to pass away in here.
I did what I thought was apt
and did not have a fear.
Now my life is over
and I feel like I'm left alone to die.
Can't someone give me a chance,
aren't I worth a try?

Powerless

I am imprisoned in body, soul, and mind.
The walls are closing in-
I am running out of time.
Disease is prevalent,
war is on the rise.
Can anyone help us or
will we all die?
The only sense of peace
is from the One above.
I pray to you-
my soul to keep.

Boredom

I thought of writing poetry
but I didn't know what to write.
This is what I do when I lay
on my bed at night.
Sometimes I read. Sometimes I write.
Sometime I play my radio loud
just for spite.
I think maybe I'll meditate-
that ought to do me some good.
If that doesn't work
I just don't know what would.

January 24th

I have multiple sclerosis.
It is an awful disease.
Some of the things I love to do
may be taken from me.
There is no cure-
And I'm scared to death.
This deadly disease really puts
my body and mind to a test.
I have lots of love and I
know I'll survive.
Without the love of friends,
I know I would surely die.

How do you feel?

You don't know how it feels to be me.
You've never walked a day in my shoes.
Do you know what it feels like to be
ridiculed because of your background?
Do you have any idea how it feels do be fat?
Being a single mom is tough-
Being a single incarcerated mom is tougher.
Can you identify with being surrounded daily
and not being able to love or trust?
Are you sad? Do you have
an inexplicable disease?
If you cannot answer these questions,
then you do not know how it feels to be me.

April would like to hear your comments on her work.
You can email her at April-Barber2000@hotmail.com.