Ode to the Governor

A man pleading that a woman not be executed in the United States of America

I long for a woman I can't have,
She is a woman who dances in my dreams,
She is a woman I always think of,
She is a woman I want to
She is a woman I dream of making love to,
She is a woman I'd long to grow old with,
She is a woman I want to share my life,
She is a woman I'm forbidden to have,
She is the woman;I wish the State would free
She is the woman I cannot hide away with,
She is a woman that I must meet Between wire and steel
She is the woman I cannot sneak a kiss,
She is the woman listed by a coded number,
She is a woman;I pray the State will forgive,
She is a queen in the tower of our despair,

that knows how to love me,

Please oh please, Governor do let her go!

Author's Note

Written in 2000
revised 2002

Written after reading the tortured thoughts of all those involved in a woman's execution in the United States of America.