I Was a Witness

I was a witness
Yet nobody knew
What I had seen
Or what I had heard.

I was a witness
Yet I did not come forth
And a man walks free
To commit his crimes again.

I was a witness,
Threatened by those who knew,
Those who bear false witness
Against the one who is wrong.

I was a witness,
But now I sit here,
Wishing I had told them,
Even if it meant my life.

I was a witness
And now a man walks free,
And another injustice
Is served by this society.

I was a witness,
Nobody knew what I knew,
I didn't come forth,
The man walks free.

I was a witness,
Threatened for my life.
But I sit here.
And the man walks free.