All This Money

I got inspired by Michal Jackson's situation. I don't say that he is or isn't guilty, this poem is just with thought in mind that what if a person who is innocent is accused? Please only leave reviews about the actual poem, not about him :)

 

All this money,

do you care

for all this money?

Yet, do you dare?

Do you dare

to hurt somebody,

to get the money?

Hurting him,

torturing him,

accusing him

for a wrong crime.

How would you feel it?

Accused, accused.

Wanted, wanted.

 

How do you thrill

your child

with misery,

to get the money?

How do you do it:

turn the whole nation,

to get the money?

Do you not care

for the life of others?

Do you dare?

oh, do you dare?

Just hurt him,

yes, torture him,

you get the money.

 

What about guilt?

What about conscience?

Do you have it?

Do you care for it?

How can you think

of happiness?

How can you think

of love?

while robbing it

from another,

to get the money.

Is it so important?

Accuse him, torture him,

he’s guilty, he’s guilty.

 

Turn the whole court,

turn each single man on Earth,

you can turn them all.

Turn them against him,

you will get the money,

you will get the money.

For he’s afraid,

Yes, he is frightened.

You can abuse him

and accuse him,

turn your children

against him

and kill his future.

You get the money.

 

Frighten the nation,

frighten the world,

make him a monster,

a simple criminal.

Kill all his hopes,

torture and bind

his fate to the

destiny of hell.

For hell is the feeling

of being unfairly judged,

for abusing a child.

It’s sickening,

It is sickening,

Yet, is it true?

 

You make good advantage

of people’s doubt,

killing the love

they had before.

We have come to the point

where I ask you a question:

‘Whom is abusing whom?

when all you care for

is money,

no matter of

the consequence of others,

to live with

this judgement

for the rest of his life?’

 

What about guilt?

What about conscience?

Do you have it?

Do you care for it?

How can you think

of happiness?

How can you think

of love?

while robbing it

from another,

to get the money.

Is it so important?

Accuse him, torture him,

he’s guilty, he’s guilty.

 

© 2008 Maria Retz

Reviews

[nunldon]

I feel your message clearly and often consider these things myself.
We are all learning; what will it take?

[Candori]

Thought gripping. i really like this one