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niteismyday
Junior Member

since 2012-06-19

Posts 35

0 posted 2013-04-07 08:47 PM

Death's Chair

This poisoned blood, my penalty,
My life a waste of decency.
A sheet of glass hiding but,
My few friends and my enemies.

Twelve pairs of eyes upon my own,
Of which my acts, none condone.
Alas, the pain that I compelled,
Compares not to my overthrow.

A needle in my vile skin,
Brings no mercy upon my sins.
A chair, my own, awaits me still,
In the flaming depths of hell.

Life's last hour almost gone,
Death has come to take me home.
I dare not look him in the eye,
As I sing a coward's lullaby.
If any are wondering, this poem is about Capital Punishment.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2013-04-07 08:53 PM

Boy, was I ever surprised to find out what the poem was really all about.

~*~ I tried to catch some fog. I mist. ~*~

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

2 posted 2013-04-08 03:39 AM

Niteismyday, I am probably (helping you in) opening up a can of worms, but I have never understood how crime can be punished by crime. There are so many arguments given for and against capital punishment, but no matter what, murder remains murder no matter how supposedly “lawful” it is in some parts of the world at various times in history. I know that you were not saying that anyone is a coward for not wanting to die, and that it was the persona in your poem saying so, but I just wanted to say it aloud, that nobody is a coward for not wanting to die. Thank you for your compassionate and beautiful poem.

Owl

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

3 posted 2013-04-08 01:11 PM

Some very striking images portrayed here. Even knowing the source of the poem, stanza by stanza I felt I could relate to in a personal way. Nicely done.

Michael

Lighthousebob
Member Elite

since 2000-06-14

Posts 4725
California

4 posted 2013-04-09 03:10 PM

I've never witnessed one and, obviously, have never experienced one first hand, but your poem seems to give a very good account of what Capital Punishment must feel like. Good job.

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