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An Innocent Man
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An Innocent Man |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California 
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AN INNOCENT MAN The crowd chants on, I hear the cries. I feel the scourge of staring eyes. I face the world, a man accused. On my knees, broken down and bruised. The charges fly, the tension mounts. The verdicts in. Guilty, all counts. To serve Justice, the county's boon, I will hang tomorrow by noon. I wait, my cell a tomb of grief. Still plead my case to none's belief. Alone, in darkness, the world asleep, I sit awake and weep, and weep. Tears enough to fill the cauldron of hope, Not enough to save me from the rope. Onto the gallows, head held high, I face the nooses deadly eye. This midday sun hath never shone this cold. Alas, I have never felt so old. The shadows have never loomed so pale, Alas, the sun, itself, hath drawn a veil. And I wonder where mercy exists. And I wonder if Justice persists, What shame lies ‘hind the hooded head- Of the hangman by which I now swing, dead. I wonder if truth ever mattered, Or if it's just dust on the wind, scattered. I wonder if life was just a test, If so, why I failed, given my best. I wonder of those left behind, If mine's a name in joy they'll find. If communal trust and darkling clan- Will ever exonerate an innocent man. |
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~one voice~ Senior Member
since 1999-07-08
Posts 664Billings, MT USA |
Whew! Move over O.J.... hehehe Fantastic emotions portrayed here Michael! I like this piece... Just out of curiousity, mind if I ask what was your muse? ------------------ ~onevoice~ "She looked at her life like lines, never-ending, constantly forming, reforming and bending." |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Wow!!! This was a good one! I don't know what to say. You have left quite an image in my head! |
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moonmoon Member
since 1999-08-13
Posts 277TX , USA |
Wow, well done Michael..  ------------------ "No one was ever ruined from without; The final ruin comes from within.".....Amelia E. Barr |
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poetFemmeFatale Member Elite
since 1999-07-25
Posts 2646Arkansas |
This is so powerful, I just have to hang my head in sorrow....I'm in disbelief... ------------------ I beckon you to come...I lure you with my tongue... - poet FemmeFatale |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Well One Voice, This poem was actually comes from the shame I have personally have felt at the hands of family members who chose to believe an outsiders viscious rumor about me without ever actually hearing what I might have had to say on the matter. It was actually a very painful piece for me to write, thus it became much easier with the imagery of the gallows. Just for the record - I didn't do it! (hehe) Michael |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
Very powerful... As I read it I was reminded of divorce.. "cast me gently into the morning, for the night has been unkind" |
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