addendum on Osama bin Laden's death

death came like a thief in the night
a clandestine operation
an execution
was it justice or vengeance?
where is the line drawn?

is it in the scale of the crime?
a million voices silenced in one fell stroke
or one solitary dream trodden underfoot unheralded and unmourned

is it by majority vote?
an accused tried before the worlds’ court
or in the silence of a heart gnawed by bitterness and rage

i am not here to judge
but to ask this question
not if it was justice or vengeance
i am here to ask
does it matter?