He Did It Very Well

Written after Charlie Kirk's assassination on 11 September 2025.

God be with you, Charlie. Thanks for everything.

To his wife, children and family and friends, my sincerest condolences.

 
"He came for conversation,
Open and unbound.
A truthless world could not compete,
And it chose to close him down.

A turning point is reached,
Where trust and fairness, breached
Too many times by the worst of us,
Demands the devil be impeached.

Charlie can you hear me,
From beyond the closing bell?
In the history books the just will say:
"You did it very well."

Traitors in the forum
Betrayed us all in Orem.
We're in his debt, time to forget
Tolerance and decorum.

No longer will we excuse
The decadence they choose.
The devil in them has had his day
And now they must pay his dues.

Charlie can you hear me,
From beyond the closing bell?
In the history books the just will say:
"You did it very well."

When fools refuse to listen
And diplomacy is done,
There could come a time when all good men
May be forced to turn, to turn again,
To the justice of the gun.

Charlie can you hear me,
From beyond the closing bell?
In the history books the just will say:
"You did it very well."

Alternative bridge:

"When fools refuse to listen
And diplomacy is done,
Do you imagine
We will turn and run?
If you cannot best the man,
In the battle of ideas,
You will never, ever
Beat him with the gun."