By Casey Allen

PART V

OF VENGEANCE: THE FULL CIRCLE OF RETRIBUTION

Hatred is the reason for which I have come

To pay back to you tenfold the damage you’ve done

I take it upon myself to deal out such a wrath

If no one else takes the initiative needed to pay it back

My right may be no greater than the next one you’ve hurt

But a hand in these doings is one that I’ve earned

You actions can remain unavenged for only so long

Before you must be put back in the place in which you belong

Vigilante I may be and the title suits me quite well

I derive much more satisfaction out of dealing with you myself

You have the right to remain silent

Anything you say will not change what you’ve done

You have the right to repent

When the faces of those you’ve tormented manifest as one

You have the right to look upwards and pray

But I’ll be the only one to hear what you say

You have the right to take your punishment with pride

To hold you head high and look your avenger in the eyes

Foolish was he who has forgiven your trespasses

And she who said nothing of your unwanted advances

Pathetic where those who granted you passage out of fear

In the names of them all is the reason I’m here

Your conscious appears as your judgment draws near

Your desperation allows you to see things so clear

Now suddenly as your moments of clarity end

You wish nothing more than the chance to make amends

You must make them to me for I cannot trust it to last

When nothing of the sort has been the way of your past

One day soon I would not be surprised

If on a seemingly normal and unsuspecting night

Somebody came to take their vengeance upon me

For whatever I’ve done to cause them such grief

And such is the way of the life that we live

Sometimes the vengeance you get is the vengeance you give

I’ll have the right to remain silent

Anything I say will not change what I’ve done

I’ll have the right to repent

When the faces of those I have tormented manifest as one

I will refuse my right to look upwards and pray

For they’ll be the only one to hear what I say

I’ll have the right to take my punishment with pride

To hold my head high and look my avenger in the eyes