I put you to death
At a time when I didn’t read
In a time when I couldn’t write
For a time when I couldn't swim
Yet I believed, because it was for the greater good
Because you wanted to go away and had already left
I was told it was for the greater good
I then agreed to be a witness
To do what had to be done
To care, even though I didn’t care
To help common sense prevail
I became an able body
I was cruel enough to end you
And grab that pen
Agreeing to put my name on your certificate
And nod my head before others
I charged you with facts fed to me
I witnessed against the Lord’s anointed
To save a family that was damned
To put away those problems of yours I hated
To escape my own
I just wanted you to go away
I had a unique signature to contribute
So I sat and listened to my letter
After it was written
Without coercion
Without remorse
Without excuses
Twenty years later
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