if there is no crime

you can't

help but feel sympathy for the aging

ex-president

as he sits

being deposed

before the world about

his connection

to an evil

friend, long gone.

how thin he is, red eyed

and weary,

white haired,

his hand

shaking as he raises a cup

to his lips.

you can't help but want

to yell out,

enough is enough.

yes, he loved women,

it was and still is

his Achilles heel,

but enough is enough.

if there is no crime here,

no victim,

no witness, no admission

of guilt,

just let him go

to live out his life.

we all have made mistakes.

time to move on,

time to forgive.