tookie

as hes led to the chair
his head is held high
an air of difiance filled the audience
as he was led to his chair
the last time his legs would fold
and gently lower his body
to sit
so many years hed lived
scared with memorys
of past sins
and lost chances
he did not smile
but stared coldly at those gathered
to watch his final moments
no family no friends
just witness to this crime
this murder
of a man no matter how guilty
how innocent
this murder of a man
the needle did not slide smoothly into his skin
but was wresteled into him
slowly and aganozingly over 15 minutes
till it was in and slowly
the toxic fluid filled his viens
he died proud
sad
and incomplete
not the man he used to be
but slowly becoming
the man he could have been