This little composition is more of a statement, than it is a poem. But, call it what you want to. 
I’m not finished with this poem, so any feedback would be appreciated. I don’t like writing like this, as it’s depressing, but that’s how I felt, when the man dropped from the gallows. Saddam was an evil tyrant, but hanging him, doesn’t make the hangers better than him. What’s your say? I entertain all opinions, even the ones I strongly disagree with. Capital punishment is a complicated issue.
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Is the world numb?
Has Gaia cried her last warning?
A few days ago, an autocrat died.
A soul of evil, that thrived on pain.
His death stole with it, all our souls.
Vile images circulate of the drop.
A drop flashed across every eye,
and fluttering through the chambers of our
minds.
His fate deserved, perhaps.
I fear that no man should call for another
mans life,
unless he views his own reflection.
I cannot view much in this sombreness.
What little light that glimmered in hope,
has drowned neath a heinous sea of fright.
Do you not look to the future?
We are treading a benighted path,
littered with obstacles along the way.
We must teach our children humility, dignity, and to love their fellow man,
not the sideshow that inhabits the world
today.
From them, a new world tree trunk arises.
How gormless of us, when we envenoming its
roots.
Blood and gore are not loam and water.
Pop culture is not educated clipping,
for such a young and innocent tree.
-Jefferson
Davis-
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Very well said, Jefferson. Capital punishment is barbaric. Witnessing and broadcasting someone’s death is equally so. While we think ourselves enlightened and evolving beings we are no better than our forebears who hanged, burnt and guillotined their “enemies”. Yes, Saddam committed awful atrocities, but could they not just have given him “life”, rather than take something which is not rightfully theirs to take – in a sense, no different from all the lives being taken in conflicts around the world. It’s strange this human condition of killing.
I found myself feeling sorry for Saddam briefly, but then I remembered what an incredible a–hole this guy was.
Stole (literally) billions of dollars from his people for his own personal stash, despite there being a food embargo where people were hungry and starving, rounded up hundreds of thousands of people and had them murdered, tortured, etc. Got real “religious” right before he was put to death, when Saddam didn’t give a crap about Islam during any other phase of his life…a complete phony.
I have no problem with capital punishment for those that deserve it, and he did.
Atyllah and Phil, thank you both for opining on such a feared subject matter. I understand both of your view points, and I will fold them into my own. Thanks again for the comments. I respect everyone’s opinion.
Well, I was going to give you my impressions and feelings on the execution of Saddam but Phil, more than eloquently, put my feelings into words. I can not add anything to his comments other than….Ditto!
What struck me the most was the line ‘We must teach our children humility, dignity, and to love their fellow man,not the sideshow that inhabits the world today.’. It would lead me to question what were Saddam’s parents like, or should we blame parents for what way their children turn out.Maybe a mixture of teaching children and the good old ‘parenting classes’ could help change things for the better.
Cybez, thank you for opining. I appreciate everyone’s opinions and questions. I’m not a parent, but I do believe that parents are immensely responsible for their children’s behavior.
Brain, thanks for the comment buddy. And yes, Phil is a wise fellow.