should civil minds believe a man who kills
with callous hand, a boy of seventeen;
who had a right to breathe and walk and dream,
a right denied, his body lifeless, still....
a man who cast his guilt under god's will
and claimed a motive pure, a spirit clean;
yet shot to death his neighbor's son who screamed,
a son whose  dreams will never be fulfilled...
the  scales of  justice swing for all to see
from hills up high to courts and jails near you
where coin and color trump equality...
will justice fair and balanced ever be
for every man who bleeds red, white and blue
to share this dream, this hope, this liberty...?

~ P (Pablo)
(7/22/2013)