Many years have passed since the author experienced the happenings of this book, yet the feelings remain vivid [and can serve to remind the introspective that life's precious days can be filled with forward, constructive progress or with repetitions of poor choices. It was written to offer helpful tools to the youths who are currently being tempted to make decisions which can not only affect a large portion of their lives, but can also, as in the case of the writer, produce a sentence of life behind bars. The reader will be able to experience some of the realities and emotions of living the life dreamed of by the armed robber [as well as the dismal failures of those who take from others to have their own whims met.] Hoping that his life will fulfill some good purpose, this author has shared his innermost thoughts using the instruments of prose and poetry. [Perhaps you the reader will recognize signs along your road of life that explode in your direction saying, "Don't enter this way!"] If you find yourself already on the wheel of lost hopes, this book may provide a way for you to get off and even escape the cage of confinement. You may here learn that your spirit can soar as the eagles in perfect freedom by choosing a path where your Creator who loves you unconditionally not only matters, but comes first in your life.