Measure For Measure
An eye for an eye
Soon the world was blind
A place full of misery
Not one person was kind
People chose to get even
They believed in blow for blow
The bodies all stacked up
Corpses laid in a row
Forgiveness not heard of
Or the first going last
Antiquated ideas
Remnants of the past
Measure for measure
Cruel justice ruled the day
Each and every person
Had a debt to pay
The Bibles all burned
No saints could be found
The lovers of peace
All hidden underground
They waited their time
Those on the surface died
The keys to the cities
From dead fingers pried
"Blessed are the peace keepers"
They inherited the Earth
The past not the future
We witness new birth
For Dr. Ram's Measure for Measure Contest
Copyright © Richard Lamoureux | Year Posted 2014
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