To make humanity act like it should.
The moment that the law itself is made
A barrier, it ceases to be good.
We need the law, but we need mercy too
And both must live together to be just;
The law restricts, or tells us what to do,
And in the doing, it must earn our trust.
Where law becomes inert, or worse, a sword,
It is no longer what the law should be;
An evil law we cannot well afford
Because it breaks that trust unfixably.
Law works because it matters, and we care,
Until it doesn't--then it is just there.
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