A Jury of One

It is time once again

The trials commence

The body grows hot, rigid

and tense

To be blessed with release

or to be undone

Before this judge and jury

and headsman of one

Difficult to decide

which fate to embrace

To give up a breath

or abandon a chase

To return to the air

or to dust and bone

Each is a path

to a world all it's own

To be absolved

or else to be riven

The decision is made

The verdict is given