
As I write these words he is eating his last meal
Every plea for mercy has been made at his appeal
From the federal courts to the court we call Supreme
Vengeance won the battles with it’s punishment extreme
Why is death an issue in this enlightened age
Why are there laws written just to mitigate our rage
How can we just kill them with malice in our hearts
With forethought make a plan for the hour they must depart
To me this sound familiar like premeditated murder
But when we kill our victim we carry it much further
We invite an audience to watch our victim’s death
Stand silent as our victim dies and gasps for their last breath
And then feel satisfaction now we can finally live
But we will not live fully until we can forgive
For the eye and tooth we take will never make it better
Until we give forgiveness our hearts remain in fetters
Our anger might be soothed a while but there’s a price to pay
For we’re much worse for what we’ve done, our vengeance killed today.