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Death Row Man

As morose as it may sound I know I’m really just another Death row man. No, I’m not locked away For a crime I have done. I’m free, But that doesn’t mean I’m still not on that row. And that also doesn’t mean There isn’t some crime I could have done That would have me lock away and unfree. I’m sure there are stacks of crimes I have done Just all in different lives. And some of those lives Are in the past And some are in the present. And those guys Are now locked away While here I am still free. Death row, in the here and now, Free or not It matters little in the end. What matters is our willingness To be redeemed And the peerless opportunity to be free. So you Who are on death row too The question is, what are you going to do about it? (7/27/25)

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