No Sympathy for the Condemned
Some people never stand trial
They go up onto a public stage,
where their future has already been predetermined by the public
They've already been labeled Murderers,
Rapists,
Sociopaths,
Guilty,
Wierdos
Killers:
They are looked down up by Condescending,
Judgmental
Eyes because
they stand no chance.
The crowds are always hungry
for Blood
And theirs looks best
You'd be labeled insane
if you want to help a Killer,
if you feel Pity
and Shame
for the convicted soul
that has dared wrong another
That has dared bathe in the blood
of their sacrifice
But are they not hypocrites,
the ones so quick to judge?
They say
"I'M A GOOD MAN,
I'VE NEVER WRONGED ANOTHER
SO WRONG AS THIS WRONG MAN
HAS WRONGED ANOTHER"
And they stand tall with blinding pride
Are they perfect?
Is that why they believe they first got
to cast the stone?
Do not be fooled!
Smell their foul stench,
they are nothing more than
Whited Sepulchres
gleaming with foul luster
Yes, Manson may have killed many
Yes, Bundy slaughtered some
Yes, Dahmer disposed of some entities
Yes, Harris and Klebold murdered a few,
but who gave you the right
to judge them, too?
Are you, what they call,
a God?
Is this even the way to go?
We kill those
that kill others
to teach the killers
not to kill others.
Is death always the answer?
Is that really all we fear?
Because it does not seem so
We're wasting our time
our energy
our money
on Hatred
and Fear
and Oppression
and Lies
and Death.
We are taught to fear these
non-existing menacing factors
and peoples
When in reality,
the only true evil we need to fear,
is the inescapable nightmare called a mind
within ourselves
that has us condemned.
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