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.
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