The Cruelest of Fates

A man who tried to defend his life,
Away he’s dragged to fatal strife.
His countrymen are sealing his fate,
The law of revenge is what they fate.

The sentinels of justice dismiss
The fearful plead for innocence
Our man, determined to assess
The sentence that destroys him none can redress.

The jury semester’s a conviction
Though innocence and not malicious intent
Escapes from freedom in a lock
And broken equilibrium that won’t unlock.

In this state of hatred and abuse,
The jury’s decision in contradiction
Of the law’s own illusions,
Leaves us with only tyranny and republics.

In the face of trial with expedition,
The struggles of hardship repute his redemption.
With only justice and equality,
He sees no chance of prejudice.

The final yield is a cruelty of fate,
No glory nor mercy can elate
His tragic example, a search for peace
In a perilous landscape, no one can appease.