No gavel drop Or chance to appeal No way to stop Just pray that you'll healA sentence achieved Without aid of a trial You've just been receivedOn the dead man's mileYou'll walk all alone As others just stare For your sins you atone Just in case that they careThe fear becomes numbing However, pain still gets through You think you'd be bumming But you're stoic and trueYour crime doesn't matter As the sentence remains Your world it will shatter As you swallow the painsYou accepted the sentence Like the man that we see Never a reference To why now or why me?Fighting to beat it Is the best you can do You'll need every last bit Of your strength to pull throughThis sentence is unjust Not fitting the crime But as the bars rust You're just starting hard timeYou're just not imprisoned You're threatened as well Will the ultimate decision Be to die in this hell?For a victimless crime A fine you should pay Whether a buck or a dime We'll pay it this dayHow can your crime Be having lived in this world To run out of time With your fate not unfurledShall I name the infraction Or perhaps state the facts There was no criminal action No illegal actsHe spends his time On his family and friends A best friend of mine He'll be till it endsThe crime not distinguished But the sentence is plain His freedom relinquished To chemo and pain