The Death Penalty
Poetry by Lance Landall
A Spiritual And Inspirational Poem from All-Creatures.org

Any who commit murder, life in prison should receive, But not the death penalty, for such is wrong, I believe. Either killing’s right or wrong, and clearly it isn’t right, Therefore, the death penalty, we all should dismiss outright.

It’s plain hypocritical, and behaviour that’s askew, If we’re condemning killing, yet, are involved in killing too. We’re simply sanctioned killers, who also don’t have the right To kill another person; and an innocent one, we might.

Two wrongs don’t make a right; that simply, makes us more guilty, For where is our example, as we know better, don’t we? Folk can hardly be pro-life, and the sanctity of life sell, If just like a murderer, they are taking life as well.

When we kill a murderer, they’re hardly punished at all, For despite their loss of life, they’re outside the prison wall. You see, it’s behind those walls, that real punishment takes place, For behind them, just misery, twenty four seven, they face.

Imagine living alone, in a tiny death-row cell, Where every single day, is a mind-bending carousel. But leaving folk in a cell, to simply just vegetate, Isn’t to our credit either, so, let’s rehabilitate.

How we treat the offender, says a lot about us too, So, mind what you’re endorsing, be careful what you pursue. Despite what they may have done, we still should act humanely, Otherwise, we’re no better, we’re acting hypocritically.

But there is another thing, that we should consider too: What if to the gallows, friend, a judge wrongfully sends you? Yes, let the murderer live, lest an innocent man die, And we become a party to, what one could never justify.

 

P.S. Can Christians justify the death penalty via the Bible? No.

The ancient nation of Israel was a theocracy, That is, God ruled it directly, wisely and lovingly. Now, God no longer rules directly, like He did that old nation, Thus, we’re faced with a very different situation.

God’s not ruling nations now, like He did ancient Israel, It’s humans who are ruling, and who’ve left a tragic trail. To such, God doesn’t give the right, to say who may live or die, For He knows very clearly, if He did, things would go awry.

And most certainly they have, for innocent men have died, An outrageous evil thing, one that can’t be justified. Since we are God’s creation, only He can say who dies, And after ancient Israel, such killing, He didn’t authorize.