Thou Shalt Not Kill
Thou Shalt Not Kill
We think in a court of law . . .
Where the death sentence is being carried out
Use of the Holy Bible should never be allowed
For this breaks one of the Almighty Lord God’s
Moral imperatives in the Ten Commandments
Whereby, He declared: “Thou Shalt Not Kill.”
Our verdict on this subject is . . .
This action is certainly not a man-given right
To do such an immoral thing.
The very executors . . .
Of such a heinous sentence
Are no better than the
Monsters they kill,
But kill them they do.
We as human beings . . .
Truly must be better than this.
Or is this trait an indelible aspect of our psyche
And our collective Cosmic DNA?
Perhaps down the line . . .
God himself gives these particular sinners
A full taste of His Divine Redemption or His Divine Retribution.
His Choice.
The death penalty is not justice at all . . .
It’s just an easy way of getting rid of problems
And sweeping them conveniently under the rug.
Life is truly sacred . . .
“Thou Shalt Not Kill”
A timeless Christian virtue.
All of us, as thinking intelligent creatures . . .
Who inhabit this Earth
Should devoutly treasure this divine commandment.
Amen! Amen! Amen!
Liam McDaid and Gary Bateman – October 24, 2014 (Free Verse Collaboration)
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