free radicals

This world s so full of beauty 
If you open your eyes too see 
it surrounds every single one of us
Including you and me

Lurking in the shadows though 
Disturbed minds plot and plan
To take it all away from us
 in the most horrific way they can

Like sheep to the slaughter 
Some fall at their feet 
But each action builds up our determination 
Never give in to terror 
Or give any sign of defeat 
   
That’s  the price of democracy and freedom 
Allowing the people their own free will
How do we defend against radicalised  lost souls,
who are mentally unstable or ill

Should the perpetrators be allowed to live
When they have taken so many lives 
Leaving behind broken families 
Tormented children,husbands and wives

Irrational minds can’t  comprehend a reason
Or see wrong,
In realising the thoughts on their mind
Does that mean we have to be so lenient 
When their actions where so abhorrently unkind

Maybe it’s time to re-introduced capital punishment 
As fair payment for heinous crime
Some  small recompense for their victims 
Left to suffer the resulting anguish and pain all the time

If we don’t dispense fair justice 
It will happen from time to time 
An eye for an eye it says in the bible,
A punishment that fits the crime