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Behind the walls where shadows cling, A captive heart still learns to sing. Through bars and silence, hope is cast, In whispered dreams that rise at last. These poems they glow with aching truth, With love remembered, stolen youth. With humor sharp and spirit bold, With secrets trembling to be told. From cryptic spells to satirical light, To wounds laid bare in the quiet night. Each verse reaches past the pain, To prove that magic can remain. For even locked within a cell, A soul can wander, wish, rebel. And gather sparks from dark and dust, To build a world of mind and trust. A testament in rhyme and fire, That art survives, That hearts aspire. That even caged the human mind, Can cast its chains and rise unconfined.

Written by Jason Bales while serving life without parole in the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, these poems are the voice he refuses to let the system silence. From a cell meant to break the spirit, he writes instead to rise above it, turning confinement into creation and proving that even in the darkest place, the mind can still find light.

Jason Bales is the author of multiple books including, Fire Retardant Toilet Paper, News And Views, Gathering The Magic, The Symphony of a Shattered Mind, Cellblock Serenades, Squirrel Team 6, Squirrels Got Talent, The Door That Never Closes, Singing Safari, Tales Of Extraordinary Animals, Lila and Nova's Magical Adventures and Squirreltastic. He is also the author of over 2000 original songs and hundreds Of poems, with many more poems, songs and books to come.

As of July 2025 Jason Bales is currently serving a Life without Parole sentence in the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.

To contact the author, the current mailing address is

Jason Bales # 416342

Securus Digital Mail Center

Oklahoma Department Of Corrections

PO. Box 223566

Dallas Texas 75222

It is always better to contact the Oklahoma Department of Corrections Main office to determine the current mailing address