There are cases when you see some crime (major or minor) happen around you and you walk by thinking it isn't your business. But then are you not guilty? Inspired by the Keenan and Reuben murder case, and also the Jessica Lal case. Are the by-standers not guilty?
He needed my help but I didn’t know him
He saw hope in me, but I didn’t want any part in this
I was a bystander, a passer-by, who was at the wrong place at the wrong time
They had stabbed him in front of me, I had witnessed gruesome the crime
I went closer when they left,
Called the police as my first response
I tried to lift him up, called for an ambulance
But then I realised I had witnessed a murder, I would have to plead innocence
I tried running with blood stained hands
I turned around anxiously to make sure no one had seen me
I was shaking and I know someone out there was bleeding
I had done what I could, I thought
I had not slept a wink, I was still shivering
Were my morals wrong? Was I to carry this guilt forever?
For I had let a man die, and I know I could get punishment for the killer.
Such is what our society teaches us
Not to indulge in anyone’s mess
We are all witnesses to crimes around us
And I dread thinking a similar end shall meet us.
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