Self Inflicted - For Contest

Self Inflicted The wounds were “self-inflicted” unmindful of the pain that surged within the shattered soul a never ending rain. The priest in sanctimonious lie anointed, blessed, and prayed the parish nodded knowingly they too had been betrayed. The charlatans of Christendom succumbed to mourning wail while covering for demons who should have gone to jail. Thus did the guilty wash their hands lead guileless sheep to follow the scent of incense acrid air flickering through tallow. Warped plywood covers tear-stained glass the altar’s gods evicted to suffer the never ending pain of wounds they “self-inflicted” 1/21/2016 submitted to - Self Inflicted – Poetry Contest sponsor – Anthony Slausen