Silence Is the Jury

Women were placed at the flames, accused of witchcraft, and the smoke of murder rose to the heavens. Man's ignorant spirit bursting up to the gods, as if they didn't already know how vicious Man could be.

As all this happened, someone stood quietly in the back, or at home.

Knowing
full well
that it was wrong,
but fire
provokes silence.

Angry and afraid, someone toiled with their conscience, and ultimately said nothing as women were burnt at the stake. Carrying that death all the way to their own.