Vanishing Act - The Compassionate Killer
I said , “my years are all added up mister,
my loved ones are slowly slipping away,
it's down to a distant brother and sister,
and only a short time for me on this day ”,
“How do you cope with being lonely, he asked?”
“and do you ever feel throws of despair?”
I said, “ no,... man I really must confess,
not as long as good memories are here“,
I keep them deep inside where only I can be,
They are bundled right here next to my heart,
It's the main difference between you and me,
Just click the hammer back son if you're smart,
He said, "tell me why I should spare your life?"
I told him I really didn't think that he should,
my kids are estranged and I have no more wife,
I begged him to do it swiftly if he could,
“You think I think you're a cracker “, he said,
And you think I'm just a down and out nigger,
I said "no sir" I don't think of you at all that way,
just get it over with and pull the damn trigger,
He slowly raised the pistol as he pointed at my head,
I thought, in a split-second, that soon I'd be dead,
then tears rolled down his face like running water,
conjuring flashbacks of war just before the slaughter,
"So go right ahead young man, I've no reason to live,
my life's a total mess and I've got nothing more to give",
he looked confused as he knocked me down to my knees,
as though he'd spare my life if only I begged him please,
My teary eyes shut tight as I awaited the kill,
In the dim evening light so calm and so still,
My life flashed before me as I recited a prayer,
And when I looked up he was no longer there.
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