I Am Barabas

I am Barabas
I am no
Messiah
I deserve
To be crucified
Blood stains
My hands

But 

Like a notorious 
Convict 
Who by
clerical error
Is mistakenly 
release
I roam
Hiding
The scarlet
Letter
That
Brands
Me

I am 
Not
Without
sin
Maybe
This
Is why
I made
A good
Law Man
I am empathetic 
I am a realist
Who discarded
IDEALISM
From
His
Horse
Long
Ago

With passion
I vigorously 
go after
The predator
Admitting
That
Sometimes 
I take
A bite
When I do not
Need to

yeah I am not
Perfect

This is
Truth
This
Is life

I am no
HOLY MAN

I am Barabas 
And there
Is no doubt
That
A reasonable
prudent person
Should withhold
From crying
for
my release....

The
Fact is
though
I am
a
Warrior
AND
The world
sometimes 
Needs a sinner
to do
What a SAINT
Cannot

I am Barabas
I was set
Free
When the
Lamb who
Was 
White
As
Snow
wasn't 

Deal with it....