In The Gallows

Heads loll from

side to side

mocking the life

they once had.

Here hang 

thieves and

pirates and

criminals.

Amidst them all

there is no one

innocent or pure;

all are guilty.

Their ghosts rattle

their bones and

sway them in

the night breeze.

Here hang thieves,

traitors, and criminals--

all who met their end

in the gallows.

Author's Note

any thoughts?