From The Past to the Present

By Keith E. Huling

I wrote this book in memory of society’s flaws as the twenty-first century began. I opposed the actions of the democratic system and felt that things should change within our own society. I had been incarcerated and found poetry to be an outlet of expression. What I began to write portrayed how I had seen in the judicial system and the rhe

• Language: English
• Publisher: LitFire Publishing
• Release date: May 30, 2019
• ISBN: 9781643984810

Keith E. Huling

I was born in South Carolina to Queenie and Donald Norwood. I was later adopted by my stepfather Jerome, whom I admired for his gift and talent in poetry. I began to write poetry at the age of nine after taking interest in the Holy Quran. I began acting and singing a few years before turning nine. Now I have produced my first book that I have long awaited for. I thank God for my lady Renee and my three daughters-Jessica, Nijah and Jaida. I thank my mother for her love and support my whole life through.

Book preview

Inevitable Mean

Being misplaced out of contact

Completely misunderstood no open channel

No communication or no concern for people

Not even close relatives care to listen

Or even recognize my existence

I am a complete menace

Due to my outlook being conflicting

Uncommon realizing I am different

Unique discovering my likes and dislikes

Riding as the leader of the pack

I am essential and needed

I am confident and dominating

Due to my effort and irresistible will

I apply my skill and desire

My God-given breath of life

Mentality, spirit and daily activities

To show my eagerness and domination

And they are my personality changes and suggest

To others having the strength to stand

The storm and the life to face destruction

Looking at death as the status of a survivor

Holding my head up high

Is There a Bridge We Cross?

Is there a bridge we cross?

Ahead are many barricades

The hands of men defeating the cause

Trapping men’s beliefs and noble effort

To inspire and arouse humanity

Is there a bridge we cross?

The wrong committed by criminals

The suffering from the intake of poisons

And from the abuse of the human body

Is there a bridge we cross?

When we support our children and wives

Work to improve the standards in their lives

Teach them by examples how we correspond

With morals and principles

Is there a bridge we cross?

Improving the standards of living

Discovering the cures to illnesses

Remedies for major emergencies

Coverage for babies and families

As from stillness comes wind

So does goodness and life

Arise again

Chained Minds

The morning begins with the sound of birds

Feeling content but not lost in time

Locked in cells with the clock on the run

With sounds from prisoners very profound

Speaking radically out of their minds

Lost in their present condition that they cannot define

Walking in circles blind to the time

Thinking about nothing to elevate theirs minds

Lost between the cell and their existing identity

Truly deceived in disbelief listening to the words of the living beast

A system created to defeat your moral history and the man you are

Existing in this concentrated and consumed configuration

To create a confused mislead disfigured man

Unprepared for the struggle embedded in his head

By lies and self-denial he lives befouled

I am roiled up to educate and inform

About the chaos coming from within the system

For eyes to see and learn from the mistakes once left behind

To create a morning that arouses true soul

Unfolding the confusion to the rhythm of the mode

A circle unfolding deception by the evil that was told

The truth defeat lies that unfold

The Fear

The fear of everything coming to a cease

Everything stopping all at once

Looking at such little control that I have

Like the place I live and where I choose to live

The money I work for and the salary I make

Where my kids go to school and the friends they choose

I can go on but I may find something I may dislike

About this whole worn-down system that tries to water

Down more comrades to fuel its tanks

From the politicians in Washington till