aiding and Abetting

narrative verse

Aiding and abetting

The right to live, the right to die
It's my responsibility.
It is my choice or it should be
When life has lost all quality

I am in constant agony
There's nothing else in life for me
What right have you to prevent me?
from dying with some dignity.

Why do you think I should endure
the agonies that death would cure.
The choice is mine and mine alone
and I have made my wishes known

Who gave you the right to say me nay.
To bid me that I have to stay
Are you prepared to take my place
and face the future that I face.

You have the right to your own view
but you are not entitled to.
Dictate to me what I should do.
Its long past time for a review.

Clarification of the law.
What the law is and what it's for.
If I should choose the date and time
Of my demise is that a crime.

And if it's not, assisting me.
Becoming an accessory.
Should not incur a penalty
but seems to do incredibly.

If suicide is not a crime
and is not apparently.
How can you justify the time.
Punishing those who have helped me..

31/07/2009
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Reviews

[Don Coorough]

Intense and honest. Real and evocative. I, too, know these sentiments. I agree with them, too. You know, in different cultures and different times, ending one's life under various circumstances was not only allowed, but extolled and/or preferred as the right or required thing to do (hari kiri, Socrates, kamakazes, the list is endless). I think that this culture tries too hard all too often to make the entire population conform to certain ethics and or values that society has no real right to impose.

[jenniewren (J.W. Bouwma..]

oh this is filled with a righteous power.. well-placed words and perfect form..

there is a repetition in it that pulls you in and down the page..