Gavel
You hold the wood in your hand
And
Wear the robes wrapped around your fragile human frame
You judge the living
And
The dead although your own breath is shallow
You read between these lines
And
Decide a life's works worth
The verdict
To convict or aquit
Hangs in the balance of the downward hammer swing
Copyright © Autumn Rose Wood | Year Posted 2008
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