Capital Punishment

I imagine that your insides are churning and you’re awake now
So it’s making it worse
That you’re falling down slowly into a light sleep filling with darkness
But you look around first
And much to your chagrin
There’s no one looking in
And no one to beat up
And no one to hurt
I imagine you must have been hurt bad and held on to it
So much that it burst
There’s people who loved you, or maybe there wasn’t any who did
So you lie in the dirt
Waiting for strangers who acted all happy and seemed so self-righteous
Who’d giggle and flirt
Couldn’t you see it, what you were seeking, the way to your future
The quench to your thirst?
Love was your answer
But you didn’t notice
You never managed
To see through the murk
Love was your answer
But you didn’t notice
You never managed
To see through it first
I imagine you may come back as a person with beauty
A soul with some worth
But then again maybe you’re too far away from the things that are needed
To qualify for birth
That would be my vote
No second chances here
At least not for you
And not on this earth