“I walk the confines
of my enclosure
Not looking – but seein’
Not listening – but hearin’
Not talking – but speakin’
To the lost souls
Of generations before me
And the generation lost within me…” Born Reality (Lost Souls
Tony Egbuna Ford is incarcerated on Texas Death Row. An innocent man – convicted on extraordinarily dubitable evidence - he has been caged in a cell barely large enough to hold a bed 23 hours a day, 7 days a week, for 13 years – awaiting the date of his own state sanctioned murder. He is a man whose story is a powerful cautionary tale that this could happen to your son, your brother, your husband. This could happen to you.
“Through the Eyes of a Lost Soul” is not a collection of writings by a man simply waiting to die. It is an invitation to step inside the mind and soul of a man who will not resign himself to injustice - a man who will not let his innocence become secondary to a judicial system intent on misplaced vengeance. This is a man who refuses to go quietly to what is in effect nothing less than a modern day lynching.
“Through the Eyes of a Lost Soul” is a book of many "colors" - it is both a painful and potent text, at times humorous, at times sobering - but always uplifting. As Tony fights the toughest battle of his life, his dignity, strength and endurance shine a bright ray of light through each page - no matter how harrowing at times the reading. It is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit.
