Verdict

A heart hammered like a thousand drums

Stuck in a moment, heavy guilt comes

Short of breath, long on contemplation

Ghosts bellow out in condemnation

A second stuck on replay

The world’s colors go to grey

The humanity fleeing

The ego overseeing

A crime committed

A life acquitted

Justice screaming doubt

Innocent they shout

Time ticks on

Life’s big con

The law’s dead

Here’s our bed.