The Court of Humanity

This man will hang for his sins against humanity Judged so harshly by his peers, he will not be set free He asks “Why must I die for my crimes?” “Because you’re guilty and it was only a matter of time” He demands “But who decides if I’m guilty?” “We do, we are the few thus we are the many” The man stood in silence as he contemplated this He queried “That makes no sense, what point did I miss?” “Our meanings are not for you to decipher” A quick moment of silenced followed, broken by the man’s laughter He jests “How am I to understand my fate, if you will not share with me your conclusions?” “Do you mock this court? The only conclusion you shall know is that we will not tolerate obtrusions” He observes “I think this is a case of the blind leading the blind” “Justice is never blind; we understand you and your kind” He accuses “You are all like me” “Yet you’re guilty, while we’re free” He asks “So freedom is perception, we are as we perceive?” “No freedom is corrected to serve the people’s needs” He asks “So freedom is a business, produced by whom?” “Freedom is none of your concern, your time is up, and your life is due” And so the rope was put around the man’s head He demands “Wait let me speak my last words before I’m dead!” He speaks “All I fear is that I will be forgotten” “That my family will not remember me and the other side will win” “I don’t understand what it is to be human, I can’t handle the pain” “And you all understand too well, yet you can handle the shame” As he braces himself for death He utters his last words under his breath “If ignorance is bliss” “Then apathy is a heaven you couldn’t bear to miss”