FAILED MERCY

He had taken a loan from the master,

Not being able to repay, would bring a disaster,

The sentence for him was to go to jail,

Until he’d pay the last penny he wouldn’t get bail.

Down on his knees he begged for mercy,

Being a compassionate master he left him free,

Out he went, met a man who owed him money,

The way he dealt with him was really funny.

 

It was expected of him to forgive,

To be compassionate and his master’s mercy to relive,

The master’s servants narrated to him the scene,

To know the reason the master was keen.

The master wasn’t happy and called for the slave,

Said to him, “You’ve dug your own grave,

In your humanness you have failed,

For this you must be jailed.