Using creative writing with young prisoners to address thinking and behaviour

 

 

Chicken Madras in Wythenshawe

By JK (HMP YOI)


Mango chutney and red onions
That's what triggers it
It gets my taste buds watering
Just thinking about it
Just thinking about you

The smell of paint when we moved
in together.
That new brown carpet
The sound of racing party music
The touch of your hair your calf
Sitting behind you on a blue motorbike
Your tanned skin your faith in me
Your hand in my hand in the hospital

My dreams are about the pink bedroom
Having a bath together and
Taking photos with our phones
Running round after the dog
Cleaning the mess up
Your brown hair your belief
All these things I still have
Always and forever

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's all I ever want off people: their car. I appreciate cars. I understand them. I see the reason why every drop of sweat that has hit the ground during the engineering of a car has done so. I love cars. Everything about them. The way they look, the way they smell, the way they sound, they way they feel, the way they drive, even the way they hurt when they are abused. It's almost as if they talk to me. I can't speak their language though so I take care of them, look after them, drive them the way they like to be driven, wash them when they are dirty and sad, fix them when they are broke and mad. I can understand why people think I'm crazy. They are right, cars don't have feelings, you can't make a car happy. What was I thinking? Some people call it an obsession some people call it an illness. Most illnesses have a cure. I think theonly person who can cure this is me and I'm far from a doctor.

Roy (HMP YOI )