A Moment
A Moment
It only takes
a moment for
someone to harm
your child, a moment
for disgrace to
run rampid, free,
wild. It takes
a mere instant
for an accused
to be released
a moment for
a molester to
be set free
A second for
a loved one
to say words
of kindness minute
to make a
call to tell
another I love
you. A second
for a life
sentence to be
let go in
the air as
a balloon freely
flying amidst the
storms of the
harmed. It only
takes a moment
for all charges
to be dropped.
A moment that
a child, spouse
friend can never
get back for
the attack was
real to many
yet so many
walk the streets
freely; not enough
physical evidence at
best a moment,
a second, a
mere blink of
time lost by
victims of violence
the penalty, crime
falls on the
broken angels, fallen
from the skies
wondering why heaven
would release such
people to hit
beat, rape, molest
and yell until
yet another cry
more tears; he
has shed not
one tear from
his soul; walking
free the man
the guilty man
that was sitting
on death row.