I Don't Want to Feel Afraid Anymore

Please read this. I don’t usually ask for anything.

I’ve spent almost 50 years surviving prison.

Not living.

Surviving.

And the truth is…

I’m still fighting something just as hard.

My own mind.

I’ve lived my whole life afraid—

afraid of people, afraid of judgment, afraid of not being accepted. Even now, at 69, I still care too much about what others think of me.

Most people would never guess that. They see someone quiet. Maybe even confident. But inside, I’m still that person in the corner—

waiting, bracing, surviving.

All I want now…is a little peace inside myself before I’m gone.

I write books from prison under the name James Dollar. They’re real. They’re raw. They’re my life.

If this touched you, please share it.

And if you can, take a chance on my writing.