A Most Bigoted Poem

by G!

I don't like it, that
Murderers are acquitted for murder,
Because of their mental illness.
I like it even less, that
A guilty man is made innocent,
Because himself he claimed unable to control.

I don't like it, that
These mentally ill murderers
Receive wasteful medical treatment.
I like it even less, that
These treatments don't often work
On broken machines that cannot be fixed.

I don't like it, that
In blind justice's eyes, I am
Judged equal to a thug, a drug dealer, a human trafficker.
I like it even less, that
The rights that protect me also
Protect murderers, rapists, psychopaths.

I don't like it, that
Right and freedom is one size
Fits all; one system for all.
I like it even less, that
My right to life is a murderer's
Right to life; fairness seems so unfair.

I don't like it, that
Life is granted equally to all,
Undetermined by the way we live it.
I like it even less, that
A corrupt life is not taken away
Sooner than a life lived well and just.

I don't like it, that
The world is divided equal
Between right and wrong, good and evil.
I like it even less, that
Because it has the same right
To life as good, evil goes unpunished.

I don't like it, because
While we are taught to make
The world a better place,
We cannot, because in this world,
Justice is not fair, it is merely equal.

I don't like it, because
Power is what I want, for good
To triumph over evil; equity is what I want,
Not equality, for in a world upheld
By equality, neither good or evil can prevail.

Everyone has the right to live, but does everyone deserve it?
Does anyone deserve the right to live, for that matter?
Better to say that the deranged gun-toting mass murderer does not deserve to live and neither do I, or to say I deserve to live and so does the deranged gun-toting mass murderer?