The Price Of Redemption Poem by Eric Cockrell

do the leaves of peace
fall from trees grown silent with rage?
boiled by the storms of subjugation...

does the moral man kill without remorse?
in the name of god,
in the name of justice both swift and brutal.....

does love have a face?
does the heart have a soul?
bent down with heavy load...

is the skin the value of the corpse?
do the bones lie from the ditch?
while freedom taunts the burning shore...

and who am i if not you?
whose unborn child beneath the bed?
betrayed by the price of redemption!