the flaws of the whole

I'd punish the evildoer

if he wasn't human behavior

thrills, spoils, and spectacles

fed by rage, are human behavior

so is love, poetry, and believing in the eternal

an integral aspect of human behavior

why then punish someone that has been made whole?

flawed from birth, will he rest in delightful death?

he's a lier and he's a lover

and tries to get-by or breakaway from all shadowy folds

his future evaporates with the fog

his love dies amid his own sad smile

by now, I cannot punish

one raised like the rest and worthy of life, just like the rest