by Kevin Alfred Strom
(composed while forcibly separated from my family and loved ones and imprisoned by the U.S. government on false charges)
THEY PUT ME in a prison
They tried to take my soul
They sullied my good name
My destruction was their goal
by Kevin Alfred Strom (composed while forcibly separated from my family and imprisoned by the U.S. government on false charges; because of his disability, Alfred is incapable of understanding why his Daddy did not see him for almost two years)
WHERE DID YOU come from, lost soul child?
Where oh where, my darling —
Dark hair so soft, brown eyes so mild,
Playmate and friend of the starling.