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The Last Executioner In The UK

A poem based on a real story in our Uk history

By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk Published 2 years ago • 1 min read
By George’s Girl 2025

The Last Executioner In The UK

In shadows deep,

Albert stood tall,

A specter of justice,

A messenger's call.

With steady hands,

A heart cloaked in night,

He bore the burden

Of executing right.

In whispers of fate,

The guilty were tried,

Yet innocent souls

By justice denied.

Each noose held weight

From a life gone,

With choices unmade,

Lost before dawn.

The gallows stood cold,

An altar of doom,

Where cries of the innocent

Echoed through gloom.

He felt their despair

In silence so stark,

In stillness he breathed,

Entwined in the dark.

With each solemn step,

Compassion would blend,

For faces he met,

Each life at its end.

A paradox wielding

The power to sever,

Bearing the weight,

Haunted forever.

In Golbourne, Near Warrington, Uk

He walked among men,

His duty a shroud,

A burden unpenned.

What lies in guilt?

What justice is true?

As the hangman of Britain,

He suffered, he knew.

His story unfolds,

An honest recount,

An autobiography,

Rich in amount.

For those who dare

Delve into fate's net,

A gripping read

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About the Creator

♿ V+ Marie381Uk

Poetry has lived in me since childhood.

Ink spills the feelings words fear to say.

My poems heal, some haunt, all are pieces of me.

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    Written by ♿ V+ Marie381Uk