Choice
From the window peeping out
We huddled in silence there
While the vermin walks about
With hate in the naked glare
The face is hidden by white
The sheet about them like sheep
And with their form breeds delight
Where terror my heart should keep
Perhaps it's the angel's clothes
Or lessons that prepared us
For angels with sweet wings closed
Herding us because we trust
O God then forgive my deed
I shall protect this dark house
And if these angels were to bleed
Bad sight, Lord, I killed a louse
The flabeau falls, the cross fled
My children tremble yet still
The law for this makes me dead
This law's but their human will
There is a law no man writes
A better judge I am suire
Until then, I keep my rights
And shall make my home secure.
Copyright © David Smalling | Year Posted 2012
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