Woodburning
To be cursed with death,
Unjustly accused.
To feel this, the last breath,
Pleas refused.
To see the anger of every heath,
Father, mother, child alike.
To wear the crown, the thorny wreath,
Bound to the great pyre pike.
To see strangers wish you to dust,
Whom you have never hurt before.
To see their eyes, full of mistrust,
Wanting to see you live no more.
To know you shall soon taste fire,
Flesh, wood, and cloth will burn.
To see their truth and their lies,
As both their eyes and stomachs turn.
To know they now kill wrongly
Terror of their crimes shall haunt their souls
To know they bring ignorantly
The woodburning upon innocent men and poles
To feel your frightened fire fleeting,
As the fires beneath you grow.
To delight in death dearly drawing,
Relief from the fires incessant glow.
To be lifted away,
A paradise of wide, open sea.
To sail the day,
In a ship, with friends, ever merry.
Unjustly accused.
To feel this, the last breath,
Pleas refused.
To see the anger of every heath,
Father, mother, child alike.
To wear the crown, the thorny wreath,
Bound to the great pyre pike.
To see strangers wish you to dust,
Whom you have never hurt before.
To see their eyes, full of mistrust,
Wanting to see you live no more.
To know you shall soon taste fire,
Flesh, wood, and cloth will burn.
To see their truth and their lies,
As both their eyes and stomachs turn.
To know they now kill wrongly
Terror of their crimes shall haunt their souls
To know they bring ignorantly
The woodburning upon innocent men and poles
To feel your frightened fire fleeting,
As the fires beneath you grow.
To delight in death dearly drawing,
Relief from the fires incessant glow.
To be lifted away,
A paradise of wide, open sea.
To sail the day,
In a ship, with friends, ever merry.