Just A Guy? Poem by Vincent Jolliffe

a demonstrator wanted to demonstrate
a unjust the world would see
though he made only one mistake
not to succeed in his deed
the world did find out
but not what he was about
they called him a traitor
because he tried to take parliament out
he was tortured for days
yet never spoke a word
only about his faith that he served
when tormented with reasons
why he was guilty of treason
his resistance exhausted
a confession they extracted
the show trial that followed
found him guilty as charged
he was hung drawn and quartered
then left to rot
alas for all the wrong reasons
he will never be forgot