INTRODUCTION

I Need is a poem of longing and renewal. Each verse pairs a human desire with its spiritual counterpart—healing, wisdom, freedom, and love. The voice in the poem seeks not just comfort, but harmony: a sense of wholeness that joins body, heart, and soul.

Knowledge G’s essay “My Testimony of Solitary Confinement” will appear in the upcoming anthology Harm and Punishment: Incarcerated Writers on Violence and the American Prison, and he has been recognized by the Chris Wilson Foundation and the American Prison Writing Archive for his work.