We Are Told

We are told that we should not speak wrong of the dead
That they are past self defense and we should save our negative criticisms for the living instead
For those who have wronged us in some sort of a way
This is what wiser counsel than me have to say

But with such thinking i for one struggle for to agree
Since the dead are past harming anyone only the living can harm me
If a living person any woman or man
Does wish for to harm you in some way they most certainly can

It is not the dead but the living i do fear
That the dead cannot harm you is obviously clear
It is only the living use a bomb, gun or knife
To deprive somebody of her or his gift of life

Do not speak ill of the dead many are known to say
But to such called words of wisdom little heed i do pay
Of a dead person why should i not feel free to speak ill
If she or he whilst living somebody did deliberately harm or kill

That the dead cannot harm me i know to be true
And in life the deceased who have done wrong negative criticism in death is only their due
But some of the dangerous living in public i dare not criticize
For they well may harm me i have come to realize.