Dead Man Walking
by: Ronald W. Clark, Jr.

Dead Man walking
that's why I'm talking
trying to educate
to eliminate the hate
and rid so many men
of a terrible fate.
Killing our citizens
watching them die
this is what I'm here
to testify.
Yet this here I don't deny.
Some should never,
never be free.
But the death penalty
should not be
For mistakes can be made
and the ultimate price paid.
For when an innocent
life is lost
that is surely
the ultimate cost
and we can never
never be sure
if we're killing the guilty,
or just the poor

Meet Author Ronald W. Clark, Jr. aka The Death Row Poet 2002