Darrell Rose Poet Rhyme

Go Ahead Mr Hangman

I’m on the thirteenth step of the gallows 
with not a single fear in my heart

For when my body hangs lifeless
My soul will then depart
 
I’m not sure where I’m headed
But it’s got to be a better place than this 

There’s no one here that I care about 
There’s nobody here that I’ll miss 

My life’s known nothing  but misery
From the first moment of my birth

My momma died trying to get me here
And to my daddy I had no worth

There’s no time for crying
When you’re born in the middle of a war

Now the act of surviving
Is something I didn’t want to do any more 

It could be I’m headed to heaven
with it’s majestic streets of gold

Or to Satan’s hell below me 
where he’ll be waiting for me I’m told

Either way I depart a happy man
Either place will be better than this 

There’s nothing here that I care about
Nobody here that I’ll miss

People all made their judgements
from the outside looking in

Never seeing what the truth is
Just declaring my actions sin

All I’ve done is tried to stay alive 
And find a warm place to sleep at night

I don’t know what they’re talking about
When they preach of wrong and right

All my life I’ve been a wanderer
Never known the joy of a kiss

No there’s nothing here that I care about
Nobody here that I’ll miss

So go ahead now Mr. Hangman 
Let’s get on with what you do in this place

 I’ll be the first man ever 
You’ll hang with a smile on his face

Because no matter where I’m headed
It’ll be a better place than this

No there ain’t nothing here that I cling to
There’s nobody here that I’ll miss

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Kim Rodrigues March 2, 2022 at 11:41 AM Wow! What a sad life that is! Well done. Darrell Rose March 2, 2022 at 6:23 PM Hahaha. Thank you for the kind comment Kim. This piece was certainly a stretch from my experience of life , yet it allowed me to explore a certain feeling of defiance which I think many of us can relate to at times. Darrell