Why Is God's Bounty Illegal?
Why are they in jail?
Shackled by steel chains
They remain in cells
Days on end
Sharing space with rapists
And those who take the lives of others
They hurt no one
They merely wanted to live their lives
To share a gift from God
A gift used for a thousand generations
Found growing wild on a country hillside
A five pointed leaf
A gift from God to relive their pain
“Wiser” men said that it was evil
They decided that God was wrong
They said that God’s bounty would destroy us all
Sitting in their cells
Cancer running rampant through their bodies
One thought runs through their mind
Why should God’s gift
God’s own bounty be illegal
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