Philosophical

In a circle sat the sentenced, 
The thieves, the liars, the cheats, 
All alone in a forsaken place. 
Cast off from their former lives, 
Fit only to live among each other, 
Eternally forgotten; 
And all at once their heads turned towards the fog. 
As loud as thunder, 
As soothing as rain, 
A song began to play. 
The Songs of the Silenced, 
The Ballads of the Broken. 
In tune, the outcasts looked away in shameful tears; 
But something led their eyes back. 
In sync, they realized. 
As one they rose and left their forever home, 
For they knew now what was calling to them: 
The Hymns of the Forgiven.