When we cry Justice!
Is the meaning at all clear?
Is the backdrop, that’s always so near?
The unworthy look of revenge?

The Old Testament vow
Shows the message here
A temptation, so simple, so clear
The worthless word is revenge.

The forfeiture is the falsehood
The damning of all people here
That stands watching death so near
The swinging feet is revenge.

When we cry out for justice
The moral audience will shrink
The on-stage ranters talk of fear
Too many throats have grinned revenge.

When I see the dark side
As the grip of temptation strangles
Words evaporate, although they are near
They don’t explain the feeling of revenge.

written 1989