Looking back on my life; <br />ever so shallow. <br />Slowly they walk me; <br />to the gallows. <br /> <br />They want me to hang, <br />from the gallows; <br />standing me tall, <br />before my fall. <br /> <br />I raped... <br />and I pillaged. <br />I killed women and children, <br />in every village. <br /> <br />Now I'm going to hang, <br />from these gallows; sentenced. <br />To feel my body dangle and shake, <br />for the violence I left in my wake. <br /> <br />Forward I walk. <br />I do not resist; <br />for them to end my life, <br />I could only insist. <br /> <br />Let me hang, <br />from these gallows. <br />How grand it would be; <br />for the world to finally look up at me? <br /> <br />Floor gives loose, <br />I feel the tightening noose. <br />My death is rushed, <br />as my larynx is crushed. <br /> <br />Fascinated to standby; <br />so happy to see me die. <br />I hear the commotion, <br />as my body whips in motion. <br /> <br />The rope is too short, <br />at the take. <br />Not to end my life, <br />with a fast and even break. <br /> <br />I hang from these gallows, <br />slipping and fading. <br />Through my life, <br />ever so wading. <br /> <br />Dying slowly from these gallows, <br />it only takes a short while. <br />I look down to the crowd <br />and give a loving smile. <br /> <br />Far from a heroic death. <br />I can't even draw in my last breath; <br />as I flop and swing. <br />I embrace whatever death may bring.<br /><br />Joshua Fegley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-gallows-2/
