This collection of poetry was written in the belly of the beast and in the heart of the struggle. Shards Of Fragmented Thought represent a time in the author'a life where his mind was everywhere and writing was all he had. Robert D. Williams, through the writings in these pages learned a lot about himself and it clearly shows in the introverted writing inside. Inside the pages of this book is pain, happiness, ambition, triumph over mistakes, and the realization that anyone can have dreams and follow them as long as they don't cancel themselves out. written over a 10 year span in federal prson this collection of poetry is like no other. Gritt y, raw and provocative but most importantly real is Shards Of Fragmented Thought