Justice served

Her hair was a tangled mess,

Her fingers bitten down to the nub

Make-up smeared and dripped from off her

Face from desperation and exhaustion

This is it

It’s time

The people were staring from the jury box,

Waiting to see what would happen next,

Murder in their eyes, practically twitching with anticipation

The defendant, an old priest with a scowl carved into his face

Sat at the front, his eyes trained forward, silently praying to God

Whilst a young widow's glare burned into his back, an image of her

Little boy in her mind, the helpless victim, her hands fidgeting in her purse

In a drone, the Judge spoke for the two lawyers to step forward

The rest was a blur

It happened all too fast

The young widow stood up, withdrew a Hi-Power Semi-Automatic

9MM Browning, aimed, and shot the priest square in the head

Three times.

Chaos. Screaming. The priest lying in a pool of his own blood

Running. Ambulances. Cameras flashing this way and that.

Calmly, the young widow walked out of the courtroom

Finally satisfied.

 

 

 

 

 

Author's Note

Narrative poetry. Heh, It seems to be all I write nowadays. Hope you liked it! (:

Reviews

[1416]

This is an interesting and powerful piece. The tension is real and it makes the reader breathe out a sigh of relief at the end. Really well written.
P.S. - I don't know if you did it on purpose (I don't know much about poetry) but the shape of the piece is kind of cool :)

[Anas]

i do like it :) made an awesome reading i liked the suspension and the ending..

[nono]

Very descriptive. Nice job liked it a lot.

[ShaneBerry]

powerful plot and construction

[Jack Inthebox]

I really liked this, it was great surrealism and rather quickly drawn.

[Andrew Wright]

It played out like a movie in my mind. I like the underlying emotion beneath every line. Great piece.

[Bridget Mcmaken]

wow great poem! just awesome writing, it has a good story to it, the plot of the poem is just great! thanks for sharing.

[Kelly Taylor]

This is very descriptive; I could picture it all going on in my mind and it makes you think about whose side you're on by the end of the poem. I can sense the emotion going on in the young woman and the hatred she feels.

[Jocelin]

Loooooovvvvveee iiiiittttt.

[Jocelin]

I love this poem and i hope you subbmitt it in my contest love and death.. :-)