Justify jailbirds

Dedicated to victims of crimes.

How can you sleep at night
while the monsters call your
name so invitingly? Don't you
ever want to join them?

Sometimes it seems fun to be
careless and get away with it,
doesn't it? Wouldn't you want
to be innocent even though you're guilty?

Did you go last night to 
visit these monsters who
call your name until your name 
doesn't sound real anymore?

Wouldn't it be fun to hurt
people and get away with
it? To just blame a religion 
that condemns this? Let's
blame mental illness and not the soul.

Tell me why you haven't gone 
with them yet? You could've been 
apart of the loss of 17 innocent
lives. You would've gotten away with it.

Because of mental illness.

Don't worry they wont blame
you only, they'll blame the weapon
and ask for change in that only. They 
wont demand justice for you as much.

You went with the monsters last night?

How did it feel? How do you feel taking
innocent lives and the judge justifying 
your actions because of your mental illness?
Because that is what we do. Justify jailbirds.

Author's Note

This is a dedication post to everyone who is a victim of crime. This poem is to highlight how messed up the legal system is and how we need to change. Respect to all the victims. - Melody xx Cheri

Reviews

[Tian]

it is really sad that people get away with crimes due to "mental illness", especially with so much gun violence in America nowadays...

[Donna]

Perfectly written and worded! I enjoyed reading this.

[wordman]

it`s a shame but it`s the truth,evil always prevails

[z.chéri]

disagree that evil always prevails.

[wordman]

well we can agree to disagree,lol

[ZakLeonRamsey]

I like this poem because it describes the fear of children at night and you describe it rather perfectly.