Best Self Sacrifice Poems

his
finger 
was firmly
stuck in the hole
stopping Netherlands from going under

fact or is it fiction hope Mary* knows 
little dutch boy
perceived haste 
blocking
dyke

used
sense ...yet
did not know
finger in  hole
would through history grow to greater lengths

* Mary Mapes Dodge  The American Writer.

penned 8 July 2016

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What’s the purpose of life?  For our fellow-man’s sake.
I am willing to do this.  Please make no mistake.
But a thought comes to mind
of a troublesome kind:
For whose sake will the others live?  What is your take?...

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