The Accused Stood Before Them <br />Silent, To Their Attacks <br />Even When They Brought Forth <br />Mistakes, Or Perjured Facts <br /> <br />The Accused Stood Among Them <br />Self-Restrained and Bound <br />Head Held High, Yet Humble <br />Uttering Not A Sound <br /> <br />For What Could Be Said <br />Had Already Been Spoken <br />Sworn By The Holy Book <br />The Oath, Could Not Be Broken <br /> <br />So, The Accused, Quietly Stood <br />Composed In Innocence <br />Whose Fate Would Be Decided <br />By Other’s Ignorance <br /> <br />So On The Trial Went <br />Just How They Knew It Would <br />Justice, Would Not Be Served <br />The Accused, Fully Understood <br /> <br />The So-Called Jury of Peers <br />Did Not Believe Any Proof <br />When The Accused Finally Spoke <br />And Explained With Perfect-Truth <br /> <br />And So Verdict, Was Left-Handed <br />In A Lop-Sided Judgment <br />‘Guilty’! … Beat Their Hammer <br />… in Wrongful, Corporal Punishment <br /> <br />Yes, They Hung The Accused <br />Penalty For A Heinous Crime <br />That Was Not Even His … <br />But Theirs, and Yours and Mine … <br /> <br /> <br /> Written & ©: 3/14/10 <br /> <br /> By: The MoonBee<br /><br />MoonBee Canady<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-accused-2/
