<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=495692" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Their self-defense</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">When the incident happened<br>Three of them took turns<br>Mauling the victim<br>Using firewood they hit<br>His nape, using their fists<br>They hit his face and arms<br>And back and when he knelt<br>For mercy, they still kick him<br>And spit on him, until he fell<br>To the ground<br>Losing his view of what <br>This world is all about</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Is this world all about hatred? <br>Is this world all about violence<br>Inflicted by a brother to another<br>Brother? Is dialogue not a <br>Possibility to settle this war? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">That night, he saw dead stars and blood<br>Not the beautiful stars in his poems<br>But the stars of pain & grief when he<br>Lost his consciousness<br>When his eyes were forced to close</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Now he invokes the law <br>Against them who almost<br>Killed him<br>He invokes the law of the just<br>On his lacerated lip and <br>Multiple injuries around<br>His human body</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And I listened to the defense<br>Of the three accused<br>They say they were only<br>Defending themselves<br>Because he wanted to talk<br>To them on the dead of the night<br>And wanted an explanation<br>About the grudge of this world<br>Against him and his kindness<br>He stared at them and they<br>Did not like it, his eyes<br>Stabbed them<br>With so much light and it <br>Was also painful<br>The stare was grievous</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>I looked at the eyes of pain<br>On his complaint and today<br>I made a decision</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The verdict, of course<br>Is Guilty.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ric+S.+Bastasa">Ric S. Bastasa</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=495692" data-title="Their self-defense de Ric S. Bastasa" data-description="When the incident happened Three of them took turns Mauling the victim Using firewood they hit His nape, using their fists They hit his face and arms And back and when he knelt For mercy, they still kick him And spit on him, until he fell To the g..."></div> </div> </div>

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