MORAL COMPASS

She said she wanted to party
So he hot wired a car

Desperately wanting her
Craving her flesh
Blonde hair and painted nails
Red cocktail dress
Plying her alcohol
Call her “Princess”
Tear up the neighbourhood
Just to impress

Frantically screaming in panic delirium
Finds out she’s locked in the car
Mascara will slalom her cheekbones
Shattering vanity feeding insanity
Pressing his foot to the floor
To see just how much she would freak

Jump from the drivers seat
Flip in slow-mo
Fast forward memories
She’ll never know
Stood there in silence
A total disgrace
Nothing could wipe the
Sick smile off his face

Brothers and sisters and family members
All sat at the back of the court
To hear how their darling had died
Expert witnesses, pictures and diagrams
Show how the impact alone
…broke every bone in her body

Who is to say they carry the god-given right?
Foolishly see things purely in black and white
Blind to the beautiful and the weak and strong
We are all taught to determine right from wrong

But that’s a matter of perspective
Different viewpoints and priorities
When the balance
And the harmony
Of the figurative main artery
Block the consequences suffered
And now stifled in mid flow
Disturbs the worlds collective consciousness
In a way they’ll never know
Express the principle infinity
A billion interlocking hands
To render hearts uplifted
Securing peace throughout the land

Rushing through the forest
Of confusion and dishonesty
When the balance
Of Integrity
Your compassion and your responsibility
Leaves the moral compass in disarray
Spinning round and round
Leads the ship of fools to veer off course
And eventually run aground
Neglect the principle infinity
A billion interlocking hands
A subtle paranoia spreads mistrust
Throughout the land

Veil...
Pure white lace
Across her face
A symbol of innocence
A lone
Candle burns
Whispered prayers
Always unanswered

She wouldn’t want the final kiss
Try not to remember this
Selfishly taken so early in life
The pounding ache won’t go away
And nothing can prepare for what’s begun

Dreamlike reality
Legal technicality
Loopholes and bargaining deepens the pain
It only serves to lay more weight on
Those who turn the wheels of justice too slow

She wouldn’t want to see them all
Stabbed through the heart and all
Waist deep in rivers of uncontrollable tears
Flowing through the spineless courtroom
Nothing can placate their vitriol

A moment of stupidity
Surrendering dignity
The swelling of emotion and deepening pain
Grieving father leaves his seat
And lunges at the cowering man in the dock

Who is to say they stand for
What’s good and right?
When nothing is ever
Totally black or white

It’s a matter of objectivity
Different viewpoints pure duality
Without evil
There’s no force for good
For this reason
We’re of equal capacity
Block the consequences suffered
And now stifled in mid flow
Disturbs the worlds collective consciousness
In a way they’ll never know
Express the principle infinity
A billion interlocking hands
To render hearts uplifted
Securing peace throughout the land

It’s a matter of objectivity,
Supposed civil society
Judge and jury ...executioner
At the hands of a questionable authority
Leaves the moral compass in disarray
Spinning round and round
Leads the ship of fools to veer off course
And eventually run aground
Neglect the principle infinity
A billion interlocking hands
A subtle paranoia spreads mistrust
Throughout the land