How much for a Life?

Photo taken from: http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/10/12/1632875/de-lima-files-anti-extrajudicial-killing-bill

I woke up from a nightmare

About this mythical place

South of the Elysian Fields

Where the King is a monster

Spitting fire, wrecking havoc

While the Assembly applauds

Granted they are all castrated

But are they vindicated?

Pearl of the Orient

It was once known

Its glory and fame faded

 Darkness loomed

And the Reaper prowled

Strange things happen

In a land where

A life is deemed worthless

A pauper cannot hope

The monster's tin army will stop him

Blood paints the alleys at night

Come morning

Storm washes it away

And then all is forgotten...