To Sit In Judgement
I sit in darkened room
Dim memories playing upon my mind
Actions taken and avoided
Words said and unsaid
Pain inflicted, sorrows borne
Loves unfulfilled and discarded
Is it nostalgia
That spools out these empty reels of remembrance?
Yearning?
Desire?
Or is it Judgement?
That reckoning of wins and losses?
Guilt and innocence
Rights and wrongs
Truth and lies?
And, if Judgement
Is it that of my own rendering?
Or of Fate?
Man?
God?
Whatever the Verdict
And the Court which passes it
The Sentence is the same:
Darkness that fades to black
The end of all that began
Does this consistency of Sentence
Render Judgement irrelevant?
Or must one assess
Evaluate
Accept responsibility
Atone?
These things I ponder
In darkened room
Where there shall come Judgement
Sentence
Execution
With no Appeal
But with
One prays
Justice
And Mercy
By Mike Turner
From: United States
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