Jonathan Richards

based on Monster

Not guilty

I am not guilty
I just walked in and looked around
I am not guilty
I am scared
but not guilty
They stole. They murdered.
I didn't.
I am not guilty.

Jazzmin Hawkins

based on Monster

Jail is like the firy hell
Terrible, just sitting here in my cell.
Trying to make bail,
Thinking about the man that I just killed- yeah, killed
Because of me being a part of it
And I have to pay the cost of what I've done.
I'm not blaming myself.
I didn't pull the trigger
But I'm not jumping like Tigger.

April

based on Monster

Jail Is Hell
All alone in my cell
You make your mistakes
And trust me- you don't get pancakes.
You're waiting for bail, but the guards give you hell.
Trust no one in sight 'cause
You'll just end up in a fight.
While you lay on your cot
You have a thought
About how good it would be
Just to be free.
I'm here for no reason
For all I know, I'll be here all season.
I'm not even the one who pulled the trigger.
for all they know, it could have been Tigger.

Chris Blackwell

based on Monster

Being in jail is like I feel
It's not homely- very lonely
A lot of fights at night
Very cold- not so bold
I'm sad, very mad
Have no friends to depend
Nobody to tell me right from wrong,
So many strangers...
Every one a different danger.

Ty' Quana Lyles

based on Monster

I feel trapped in jail.
I wish there was someone to bail.
I feel so mad.
Knowing that what I did wasn't even bad.
I am so innocent
To the crime the jury thinks I commited
Ifeel bad
That my mom and dad are sad.
As I lay my head down at the stand
I know I am in God's hands.

Haley Artisan

Based on Monster

He is in jail mad.
He ends up sad.
While he sits in a place.
The way he feels makes him have no face.
As he does the crime,
Knowing he has to go to court so the judge can give him his time.
Don't do the crime
If you know you can't do the time.

Marco Flores

I'm sitting here in a cell.
Thinking of the reason why I'm in jail.
I didn't kill no one. I didn't do nothing bad
All this has me really sad.

Stephanie Lasso

based on the novel Monster

Why am I in jail?
Why can't I go to bail?
I feel like to hail
When I hear the word jail.
I'm thinking, "Why me?"
I am crying
And I am dying.

Jonathan Richards

Based on Monster by Walter Dean Myers

It is real

I thought it wasn't real.
I thought it was a nightmare.
But this is real.
This is jail.
Why am I here?
This seems worse than death.
This is jail.
It is real.

Hannah Reed

I am the ocean.
I am constantly moving.
I can leave a bitter taste in your mouth.
You will never see all of me.
I am beautiful.
I have depth.
I have energy.
I am alive.

Hannah Reed

I am a diamond.
I am very defined.
I am unique.
I am sharper than any solid in the world.
I am clear.
I am pure.
I am stunning.
I shine like no other.