The Trial

I tried to write a poem of shame    
For all the crimes of man    
I knew I had to shoulder blame    
Say sorry if I can    
   
I thought of Jesus on the cross    
And Mary Magdalene    
Of innocence and mortal loss    
How now's the same as then   
   
Two thousand years and what’s been learned?    
From so much suffering    
Imagine if they both returned    
From exile, queen and king    
   
Would they forgive or punish us?    
For all the things we’ve done    
The lies, the hate, the greed, the lust    
The sword, the bomb, the gun    
   
I looked within at partial guilt    
My conscience serving well    
And then the wonders that we’ve built    
Our heavens over hell    
   
Honesty said, “I do not know”    
Judge and jury were out    
Nature nurtured, decided to go    
The royals had no doubt    
   
Planet prison continued on    
Its sentence 'round the sun    
Visit over, deities gone    
Alien lawyers won