Talented people

One thing I’ve noticed about being in prison is that there is so much wasted talent. Some people write some of the best poems I’ve ever heard and others can take apart anything with an electric motor and make tattoo guns. I keep thinking that if inmates actually used their skills for good things, there would be a whole lot less people in prison.

Of course there are people like me, too, that had to go to prison to discover their strengths. Even though I always knew I could write pretty well, if I hadn’t gone to prison, I would have never used my writing to help people. Honestly, I probably would have never written anything at all.

So I guess even though it was hard, in some ways I’m grateful I discovered my talent. It is sad though. Nobody should have to go to prison to find out that they are good at something.