The executioner wields his axe,
while the judges, they begin to wax,
about justice, rules, of course the law.
The crowd stands about, quiet with awe.
The convict is lowered to the block,
and the crowd is ready for the shock,
of the dead man meeting his end here,
while on his face, oddly, there’s no fear.
He’s one who has accepted his fate,
he expects to meet it on this date.
The tall dark hooded man steps up near.
the crowd quiets, for they want to hear.
In a smooth motion, the axe comes down.
The sick sound is heard by all in town.
The man is dead, his fate has been sealed,
and the townsfolk think their home is healed.
An innocent man, cut down, for sin,
the sin of the town that he lived in.
For it wasn’t he, but another.
The man had an evil twin brother.
A brother who stood by and then lied,
a brother who never even tried,
and nobody then would ever know,
the lengths to which the evil did go.
The brother had done many dark deeds,
and he had many many dark needs.
He liked to take a person’s last breath,
he reveled in violence and death.
He’d never been seen, for he’d been smart,
but he had torn families apart,
and he had no love for his brother,
or even any for his mother.
Justice needed. Up on a platter,
he placed his sibling. Didn’t matter.
It worked, and he got away with it,
and with that knowledge he did then sit.
He felt no remorse for what he’d done.
He would do the same to anyone.
The evil brother, who got away,
so he could kill, on another day.
Poetry
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I like this piece its quite interesting how you tied it to an evil twin brother, what i get and gather form this is a duality of personalities split. An attempt to reach out and get heard for something you are seeking, control of your own dark side. It shows me that you are still wild and free, and your dark side is winning inside of your heart. Yet you are still trying to fight it, perhaps i am misconstruing the meaning here but this is what i gathered from this particular piece. — with respect to that its a very nice piece of work,
I found your interpretation very interesting as it wasn’t something I thought of when writing it, but it totally makes sense. I think it must have been a subconscious thing that you just brought to light. Thank you for that, and for reading as usual. I am very glad that you like it! I will read your other stuff soon too. 🙂