Life Equal To Life
What is the true meaning of life
Is it measured by how smart you are
How much money you make
How much influence you have
Is one life more valued than another
The justice system states that no life is held above another
So why
If one has taken a life under the pretense of anything other than self defense
Be allowed to continue to live
Breath
Feel
While the life equal to theirs
Snuffed out by their own hand
No longer able to have those daily pleasures
Because of the cruel hands of another
Why should this guilty murderer
The proven taker of another life be allowed to continue on
If the murderers life is truly of equal value to that of the taken
Then why should they be able to live
Because life even behind a fenced in courtyard
Even behind concrete walls enforced with steel bar
Even in a six by six cell is still life
How is it equal for a murderer
Even if they live out their full sentence
To walk away to live another full day
They can still feel the touch of the one they love
They can still experience the exhaustion of a full day's work
They can still eat their fill
They will wake up every day and maybe
Just maybe the life they took will stay with them until they end
But they still have the choice to live how they want
If their life was truly equal to the life of the taken
Then they should also no longer be given the simple pleasure that comes from living
No matter what you call it
Capital punishment
Execution
The death penalty
It is a life for a life