The Lament of Judas

[Jassy Melson]

I have been damned for all time
for what I did--but wait a minute,
what was it that I exactly did?
You say I betrayed him for money
but it wasn't like that at all.
I was chosen by him and his father
at the beginning of it all. Why? Who knows.
I guess they needed a scapegoat
so I was chosen before I was born.
I had no say in the matter. I was just a pawn
in their divine/infernal game. A betrayer was required
and so I was chosen.
How was I at fault?
As far as I'm concerned
it was all a matter of determinism.
I wasn't consulted in the matter.
So it was determined long before
I was even born that I would be the one
to betray Him--for money no less.
They didn't even give me a noble reason
for betraying Him--it was all for filthy lucre.
I am bitter above all for that.

It was all so long ago
but I remember all the details.
It was all prepackaged a long time ago.
Do you blame me for feeling bitter?
I can see them now--putting their heads together
and concocting the plan, with no thought
much less compassion for me.
Need I say that I think I was the one betrayed?
That I was sold long before he or I were born?

[YesNo]

If everything is determined it does look like Judas got set up. Is Judas in some afterlife in this poem?

[Jassy Melson]

The character of Judas is definitly in some afterlife. His name itself is synonymous with traitor, betrayer. the Evil One, etc. Dante put him in the lowest circle of Hell in The Inferno.