On The Execution Of Timothy Mcveigh by Francis Duggan

He will be long remembered due to his heinous crime
For such barbaric acts of cowardliness don't fade away in time
Because of him one hundred and sixty eight had died and he left many with horrific injuries
And memories of him will live on like all bad memories.

But before condemning Tim McVeigh we ought to not forget
That there are as bad still alive as he who will never be put to death
Who are looked upon as heroes where can one draw the line?
So many innocents have died in the name of war yet to many that seems fine.

The leaders who have ordered foreign cities to be bombed from the carnage far away
Live in happy retirement our ageing heroes of today
The blood of innocents on their hands but that seems quite okay
But the wrongs and rights of the taking of human life not for mankind to say.

The war leaders order their fighter pilots to bomb cities far away
But for acts of terror in their Homeland there is all hell to pay
And Tim McVeigh for act of terrorism died tightly strapped to a chair
Whilst the one responsible for thousands of deaths lives as a free millionaire.

One seen as a villian and the other a hero though I see them as the same
For one cannot make an excuse for brutal acts of shame
One died through lethal injection the other ageing and gray
Lives in the lap of luxury and a hero still today.

Meridian (64.12.116.201) -- Monday, October 22 2007, 04:29 pm

I still remember that
Nice poem Francis. Wasn't it in the state of Iowa or was it Indiana?

Even so, it was tragic for all of those that died because of him. McVeigh reminds me of the two snipers Muhammed and the younger man who went on a killing spree in 2004.

What is going through their minds?
Rest peacefully all.

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