Round the path these wraiths walk paced to keep the gears turning save for a few this is Lady Justice her arms holding even the smallest souls sounds of buzzing and locks clanking dominate above the incessant chatter backyard handshakes hidden from prying eyes dogged deals shaping these shatter lives and the word of the day is always "waiting" taking one last look at the hands of time before that dreaded voice bellows through then its the cold slap of flash on cement these veal on twenty three hour lockdown spinning their tales these jailbird tailors lying to each other for stolen smiles each in a different stage of the same life bathing in the omnipresent light of fireflys dreaming of a wisp of smoke or a hand stroke whichever waits for them on the outside they'd believe in the patience of the buddha if religion were on their tapered tongues as it is there's always faces against the glass eyes peeled to savor the brief passing drama apathetic to the other prison dog's plight drooling for the next passing hour as they count them like sheep herding sleep cleansing their conscience in the communal rainshower everyone praying for the wings of freedom to fly them from these sullen gates the others still suspended in solitude letting one man tell them when to eat and wake their voices becoming mere whispers of wind poets robbed of their rhymes and words grown accustomed to breathing processed air measuring their time in months, weeks, and years locked away with the shadow of their fears
So i really don't like how this poem ends i'll probably be changing it in the future just wanted to put it out there for the moment