My tears stream down from my soul 
When I become like a bird in the cage 
Now, this steel cage is my place to live 
Entombed within four walls of the prison 
this is the man made hell for criminals 
Now, I regret what I have done with  my life 
Yes, I did wrong and my God punished me 
Life in prison can not be explained 
Everything to do with sinister punishment and retribution. 
No one should not come here.  
So stay out there without commit any type of crime 
Now, I am far from my home town 
and no one here or there to listen my story either 
When I think about my family, my heart is breaking into two  
I made my wife and children to suffer in their life 
Who will feed my family and take care of them 
I should have thought of all before I came here 
So, has my peers and a judge and myself  
everyday sitting here wasting my life away.
Ravi Sathasivam
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