A Laborious Inquistion
She was sixteen, young, beautiful, friendly, with a kind heart.
She had no idea why she was dragged from her home in the middle of the night by the Christians.
Her accuser was protected, safely hidden from suspicion,
Because she had named her best friend after a laborious inquisition.
Kill her!
Flog her!
They yelled.
Many old, angry, with ugly lives unhappily lived.
Her beauty angered them.
She was pronounced innocent after her drowning.
Happy, the Christians went away to collect another unjustly accused.
The others paralyzed by fear
began to church.
Copyright © Caren Krutsinger | Year Posted 2018
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