Holy Is the Lamb

Holy is the Lamb? Live sacrifice stained lamb upon bloods altar. What is gained by such disdain for the life blood of youths longing? What “god” demand his worship in the hungry mouths of children, the fear of retributions wrath? Why the symbol of the lamb? Soft, helpless, innocent yet terrified in its ignorance. Is this but a poor metaphor for mercy, a clandestine attempt to herd the masses into submission? What sanctifies the lamb, cleanses it, making it worthy to be offered as a palliative placebo, to appease the fears of the worshiping minions? What lamb, masked by the menace of its masters, could satisfy the needs of their “god”? What lamb, chosen lest they take a child, would not go willingly. What lamb sanctified by the love of those who hold no rancor for, nor fear of, their god would not be made Holy? Raised up as a symbol of the greater love, the purer spirit, the innocence of Holiness. John G. Lawless 10/4/2014 not submitted to the contest because it wouldn't fit through the hoop.