The State as a terminator

You have no right to kill yourself

But the State has right to kill you.

The state can hang you for the crime,

The rarest of the rare to the judge.

The State can send you to the war,

Where you lay life as a martyr.

The State can otherwise kill you

In a war collateral act.

The State can also shoot you dead

freely in an encounter case.

The State can let loose law ‘nd order

So that you can be killed and robbed.

The State can be insensitive

To frequent  custodial  deaths.

You have no right to kill yourself

When beset by terminal ills.

The State has power to kill you

Or cause you die against your will.

05.08.2015