Executioner

I would know those eyes anywhere
how could one ever forget ?

I watch as you smugly recite
from that so-called holy book.

Your eyes are lacking something,
some faint glint of hope or life.

I remember well those cold snake eyes.
That hood you wore hid nothing

I will know you til the end of time;
as it was you who barked the signal.

It was you who fit the hangman's noose;
and it was you that hauled the lever.

You may think that I am safely gone,
but this timeless soul still lingers.

I would know those eyes anywhere.
It is certain I shall never forget.