William Donner

1770. England. William Donner, a radical in all aspects of the word, serves as a symbol of defiance. He has been condemned to a tree log which now floats down the Thames, for everyone to see his recipient of punishment from King Charles1. In agony, his body squirms and his facial expressions dilute his natural surroundings. His clothes are torn; his emotions to quick to read his doom. Donner had criticized the English monarchy. So blatant were his intents, he was imprisioned to be sentenced to be tied down to a tree bark, which now rolls down a polluted river. He tries fighting his pains while attempting to relieve the threads which have chained him down to a single object of nature. The irony here lies within the contraries of a human institution enmeshed into the beauteous avenues of nature. As he glides through London and Edinburgh, he grows weary and tired and contemplates giving up his struggle. Yet, he cannot end the many years of servitude to his cause; his politicking of a democratic and free enterprise England is his fire.
His condemned expression floats down the polluted river,
In defiance, it chains him tight to an object of nature,
Growing weary of contemplation in diluted agony pushed,
A radical aspect of a single word, a squirmish pain weary,
Attempting to relieve threads enmeshed to tree bark,
The beauteous glide of tearing clothes and blatant intent,
Could not end the many years of free servitudein luxury,
The politicking of enterprise in irony pushed powerfully,
To a bleak fire puffing black smoke silently above,
Punishment of human institution would be powerful enough,
To lay down his conscience by a gravdiggers hands.