I do not compel

Just like the son

Was not sorry

Would not apologize

So the father

Beat and beat

And would still

Be whipping

Except finally

He saw

He could not compel

I do not compel

Like when lips

Refuse

To recant

Even in death

As a weak fool

Who doesn’t know

He is a fool

Orders the deal

Yet sees

He cannot compel

I do not compel

For one will do

What one

Will do

No voice

Can live

In a vacuum

It is quite

Hopeless

Excepting

An inside help