City of the Liberty Hell
Philadelpia
where a man once lived
where a man once triumphed over unjust laws
a city where a lawyer died
for this truly was a compassionate lawyer
a man of discipline
a man who would win
a counselor who would claim victory over the injustices he recognized
and vowed to overcome those who would carry on with disavowed cruelty
a lawyer who would rise above
a man of pure and unpretentious love
as others loved the lawyer and his loyalty
a lover
his lover the law
And a love for the people who required his knowledge to fight the threat of a law too often
blind
A lawyer who can be described in a hundred positive ways but most of all he was kind
a man who spoke words that brought justice to those who could not speak for themselves
armed as a weapon was the knowledge he possessed
a man who spoke words his clients blessed
a lawyer now at rest
For his was an indiscriminant disease
a plague for which, at that time, mankind had no viable cure
it attacked a man who spoke words with passion made perfectly pure
then the last bomb of his battle exploded
as his life and breath were eroded
until this giant of a lawyer urged both slowly and steadily
said he
"Miguel, my lover,
I am ready”
(c) 2011 Phreepoetree ~free cee!~
The scene where Tom Hanks describes an opera to Denzel Washington
is simply and heavenly beautiful
Copyright © Jeffry Cohan | Year Posted 2011
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