Yearning

My soul is on fire and it is burning Retribution my conscience is yearning, Justice and compensation is not what I seek Revenge; it is what makes a coward weak, An eye for an eye I wonder is that true Is vengeance the action that I must pursue, Must I take the law into my own hand Retaliation and satisfaction is what I demand, Another person’s life I must condemn I want them to die because of their mayhem, Upon this life and living I want them to fail I don’t want them in prison, I want them in hell, My eyes see red and there is hate in my soul; But, my heart has not become a piece of coal, How could I ever live with myself If I judged and convicted someone else, My humanity is not dead, and I know not only hate Do I really want to decide another person’s fate, To look at them do I truly want them to die Hope for me is not lost and that I will not deny, Compassion and forgiveness should be my thought Peace and truth and relief is what I had sought. Justice is the answer and it does not make one meek I must think and pray, and then turn the other cheek.