All lives matter
even those who in a fit of mental anger or rages
Rip out from
the book of future life the innocents’ to be lived pages
Going to
watch a movie only to be gunned down by a mad dog
In a mentally
disturbed fog
Given the
brutality, a verdict from the jury somewhat a surprise
Life without
parole, as opposed to an early lethal injection demise
To spend the
rest of one’s life in prison in a small cell
No place to
escape the hopelessness of a confining hell
40 plus
years to be deprived of all manner of the experiences that garnish our human
traits
Is a
sentence of shear desperation and depravity for Holmes that will be his fate
It is hard
for this poet as he ages in iambic rhyme to the death penalty ever justify
With the
years of delay and lawyers’ fees the deterrence effects completely denied
All lives
matter, even Holmes, who will at the end
of his lease on this earth in a cell expire
Jurors freed
of the agony of whether they would stand in the shoes of God to a human being
retire
If we are
ever lucky enough for the Radical Islamist our workplace violence President
will not name
Deny them
the martyrdom they desire and give them a sentence exactly the same
© August
7, 2015, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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