I hung that one last moment Low down that lethal rope As the noose squeezed away My last and fleeting hope I wondered what had happened Had Blind Justice lost its way Could not that gentle Mercy Stop the dawning of this day Last night was never ending Lying numb in darkened space I heard my daughter's prayer For the dawn to hide its face They said that I was guilty I know I was guilty too Could they not see I tried My wrongdoings to undo I returned from where I'd fled Back to the home I'd known -that home that I had wounded- For my actions to atone They say that time is fleeting One's life with dangers fraught I cursed the steps I'd taken That turned my life to naught I told them what I knew Of the actions that were taken By others of faith and family That left my spirit shaken. Was I just one of them Or was I of different mould Could not they tell the difference From all that I had told. A father and a husband Counting seconds of his life Now asks for peace and honor For his daughter and his wife.
I hung that one last moment Low down that lethal rope As the noose squeezed away My last and fleeting hope I wondered what had happened Had Blind Justice lost its way Could not that gentle Mercy Stop the dawning of this day Last night was never ending Lying numb in darkened space I heard my daughter's prayer For the dawn to hide its face They said that I was guilty I know I was guilty too Could they not see I tried My wrongdoings to undo I returned from where I'd fled Back to the home I'd known -that home that I had wounded- For my actions to atone They say that time is fleeting One's life with dangers fraught I cursed the steps I'd taken That turned my life to naught I told them what I knew Of the actions that were taken By others of faith and family That left my spirit shaken. Was I just one of them Or was I of different mould Could not they tell the difference From all that I had told. A father and a husband Counting seconds of his life Now asks for peace and honor For his daughter and his wife.