Hemlock's Badge

Accused of corrupting youth He led the young to the truth So strong and brave He lifted a bull every day Facing Thanatos himself he didn't blink A friendly symptom now where Hades thinks Charon himsed bowed and paid for the honor of the man of the hemlock badge From Delphi the oracle said he was wise Zeus on Olympus called his name the skies So he never fled Athens in shame He stood at trial as libel came The law binds those who follow it. Give him hemlock and he'll swallow it. He never misled youth He taught us all we knew The hemlock slid down his throay for he would undo the law he wrote. Sing of the glory of his hemlock badge Do not sing of a myth that makes us sad From within our minds we have become the truthful scribes. Save the world with daught of hemlock. Drink to prove your law will always stand strong. In veritas many lessons were taught In veritas your words still live on In my heart and my mind Open my eyes so that I'm no longer blind. Hemlock's badge rests in your name For why we must think and for what we must say. 🌿