It’s not that
Bad guys
Last

Any longer
Than good men
Tortured

But a proof
How God
Keeps giving

Those shots
At a chance
To be saved

Even
When facing
Death

Despite
Old wounds
Still healing

Unlike
Raw deals
Waiting

Without
Ever earning
Their peace

To prove
How actions
Speak

Like a clear
And just
Vindication

By the guns
Of pain
Redemptive

And the bullets
Aimed
As cause

Toward heartbreak
Burned
Like scars

In the chest
Of outlaws
Changing

When admitting
Fate
As heroes

Is the wrong
To make things
Right.

– J. Pigno