CAPITAL  PUNISHMENT

Poem for Today - Wednesday October 29, 2014

UNANSWERED QUESTION

WHY

DO WE KILL PEOPLE

WHO KILL PEOPLE

TO SHOW THAT

KILLING PEOPLE

IS WRONG?

It was a button Michael wore

convinced as he was

"the death penalty was not

the way to deal with life!"

Ironic ... our lives are penalized

with the death of friends

committed to justice and who love life.

Family, friends

young and old

gather for farewells/good-byes

to Michael ... to bear witness

that in their lives

they have known

a man of justice

a man of God.

Death brings us together

to sing, pray and ask questions

to be answered

by those left behind.

Questions

Michael wore on buttons

and burned in his heart ...

For Rev. Michael McGough

5/5/40 - 7/20/85

© Trinidad Sanchez, Jr

Page 60 in Poems

 by Trinidad Sanchez, Jr.

Pecan Grove Press

St. Mary’s University

San Antonio, Texas