Sovereign of the Seas
Nobody thought to or wanted to help
only to laugh at, torture, and do harm
but to hurt a child, ignorant and blind
of actions and consequences, to whoop
demonstrating a total lack of sense
yes, there is punishment, set an alarm
thus, denial of free will, they're so inclined
how priests forgive actions, all in good faith
obviously, the child destroyed, how dense
underneath dark waters, how dull a choice
given the lesser of two children, pick
how to dispose of a once vibrant voice
terminate the soul, not the body, thick
torpid brains, unreflective, form a wraith
of the child, their son or daughter, parents
or siblings, extended family, as well
resolved to do their worst, as if their best
work and alcohol warped their brains, the dents
akin to linebackers, back in the day
nobody knew nutrition, bodies swell
troubled with edema, give it a rest
everyone makes mistakes, aspersions cast
defend the indefensible, they say
to focus on accountability
ordinarily, without faith, a child
haunted by events, instability
everts the feet, a child cannot run wild
lingers in imagination, a mast
posted upright, tall to set sail, so fast
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