Do You Believe? - by Steve Champion (Adisa Kamara)

Do You Believe

Do you believe
the revolutionary talk
the clenched fist
the right-on gestures
the power to the people campaign?

Do you believe
the camaraderie
the brotherhood/sisterhood
the kingdom/queendom
the rhetoric about unity?

Do you believe
prison walls are just walls
that can be torn down
and the mind is energy and matter
capable of moving mountains
healing wounds
reassembling consciousness
reconstituting the universe?

Do you believe a 15 minute phone call
an exchange of letters
a contact visit
could stir, evoke,
build & create
moments that change peoples' lives?

Do you believe
our imagination
our confidence
our faith
our intelligence
our spirit
could change the world?

Do you believe
love is a transcendent
force - powerful enough
to build bridges
redeem humanity and
radically transform the world?

If you believe,
Join me.


Steve Champion (Adisa Kamara)  is a death row prisoner at San Quentin State Prison. A Crip Emeritus, he grew up in South Central Los Angeles. Champion has been incarcerated since 1981. you can contact Steve here:-

Steve Champion
C58001
2-D-37
San Quentin State Prison
San Quentin
CA 94974
USA

Artwork by Daniel Cervantes - death row San Quentin