The private life of an Ex-prison Man's wife...
It's lonely here, the quiet is deafening...
I cry for him in silence...
He yearns for acceptance from more than just me...
He is easily stirred and hard to stop...
Depression is his jailer now...
It creeps upon him and makes him it's "bitch"...
Life outside is harder than it seemed he says...
As his wife I hurt for his loneliness and pain...
A man who made a stupid mistake shouldn't be treated this way...
But prison is a dirty word and felon even worse...
What about his family doesn't prove how hard he has worked?
Jobs are scarce and last just an instant...
Until someone finds and excuse to end it...
Don't be scared of this man who's wardrobe was orange...
He is not the same man you should have been scared of before...
He is kind and gentle and more afraid of you...
Your opinion and thinly veiled dislike are more open than you think...
As the Ex-prison Man's wife I hear opinions in silence...
My heart breaks for him...
Why can't they step back and realize things aren't always as they think...
NO! He didn't hurt YOU...
YES! He is sorry daily for his crime...
Stop punishing this man for his past and become the "victim" he didn't hide...
It's not your place to be his judge and jury...
He has done his time and paid dearly for his crime...
He deserves a life, a family, and job...
Why can't you leave us well enough alone?
It's the man I Love you persecute so quickly...
I know better than you think of what happened years ago...
Do I take it lightly?
NO!
I am scared every day that people will question me and our children...
Make us as a punching bag to make them feel better...
Stand before us on a "soapbox" of hatred and venom...
We Love this Ex-prison Man don't treat us as offal...
I chose this man as my partner and our children's father...
No sin is greater than another someone reminded me when I met him...
It's true now as well as then...
And God led me to friend and fall in love with my Ex-prison man...
I don't regret my man for a minute...
He is kind and gentle and loves harder than most...
But that's because he stands to lose the most...
So to end this I will again say...
I LOVE MY EX-PRISON MAN AND I AM NOT ASHAMED!
Happy 4th Anniversary Handsome,
MUAH!
