MoonBee Canady - ' The Accused... '

The Accused Stood Before Them
Silent, To Their Attacks
Even When They Brought Forth
Mistakes, Or Perjured Facts

The Accused Stood Among Them
Self-Restrained and Bound
Head Held High, Yet Humble
Uttering Not A Sound

For What Could Be Said
Had Already Been Spoken
Sworn By The Holy Book
The Oath, Could Not Be Broken

So, The Accused, Quietly Stood
Composed In Innocence
Whose Fate Would Be Decided
By Other’s Ignorance

So On The Trial Went
Just How They Knew It Would
Justice, Would Not Be Served
The Accused, Fully Understood

The So-Called Jury of Peers
Did Not Believe Any Proof
When The Accused Finally Spoke
And Explained With Perfect-Truth

And So Verdict, Was Left-Handed
In A Lop-Sided Judgment
‘Guilty’! … Beat Their Hammer
… in Wrongful, Corporal Punishment

Yes, They Hung The Accused
Penalty For A Heinous Crime
That Was Not Even His …
But Theirs, and Yours and Mine …


Written & ©: 3/14/10

By: The MoonBee

MoonBee Canady

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