Sacrifice

Pure and good,
you serve a purpose,
a calling greater
than a single soul.
Lay down
upon the altar
and let your blood
feed the coal.
Fires burn
for those in need
not of saving
but intervention divine.
Take a life
and spoil your own
and kill us all
without even trying.

© Autumn Siders 2018

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