That Which We Grieve For Poem by Eric Cockrell

That Which We Grieve For



we killed a man
who proclaimed
his innocence
to the end

to pay for another
man's life taken
justice?
or murder?

yet that which
we grieve for
cannot restore
a life

did not the God
that we profess
speak forgiveness?

and who will pay
for the life taken
today?

Eric Cockrell
Thursday, September 22, 2011
poem poems innocence justice murder Forgiveness
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