The Sacrifice

Story poem

 

 

The sacrifice.

 

She wore a robe so white and thin

that it enhanced her nakedness.

Made of the silk which spiders spin

Epitome of gracefulness

 

Her hair as black as ebony,

 contrasting with her rose gold skin.

Which unrestrained was flowing free

 She glowed as though she had within,

 

her slender form of flesh and blood.

A light that would illuminate

 the darkness of the world and would

without a doubt propitiate.

 

The Gods demanding sacrifice.

According to the High Priests rede,

only a virgin would suffice.

 To satisfy his dark Gods need.

 

The clan believed his rede was true

 And so she went quite willingly.

To pay  the God What he was due

 ad so ensure fertility.

 

of flocks and crops, increase their yield.

Improve the clan’s prosperity

In truth the High Priests rede concealed

 his innate taste for cruelty.

 

She lay upon the altar stone

 and showed no slightest sign of fear.

The high Priest bared his blade of bone

and then although the sky was clear.

 

A bolt of lightning from the blue

struck down the priest as he deserved.

The Goddess had decided to

 insist her rules should be observed.

 

The maiden lived and she became

 in course of time the high priestess.

She governed in the goddess’ name

Rewarded for her faithfulness.

 

The wicked high priest had to die

because he had led the clan astray.

A truth that no one can deny.

The high priestess would lead the way.

 

The Goddess would protect the clan

 as long as they obeyed her laws.

Though she would strike dead any man

 whose bad behaviour gave her cause.

 

The Mother Goddess would supply

 sufficient for her children’s need.

As long as they lived righteously

and followed  her High Priestess’ lead

 

The willing sacrifice became

 the chosen of the true Goddess

 and now held power in her name.

 Authority to curse or bless.

 

She serves her clan still faithfully

as she was always willing to

Speaks for the Goddess honestly,

does as the Goddess bids her do.

 

Willing to die to serve her clan.

The Goddess decreed that she should live

to implement the goddess’ plan.

And claimed the life she chose to give.

 

She’d live a life of servitude

as guardian of the sacred lore.

 A mother to the multitude

 who looked to her to keep the law.

 

Chosen to be a sacrifice

Which she accepted willingly
the goddess changed things in a trice

which she could do quite easily.

 

Though she would sacrifice her life

 to serve the clan for all her days.

Forgo the chance to be a wife

to follow in the goddess’ ways.

 

6-Dec-08

 

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Reviews

[Deborah Leah Krempa]

A very clever and poetic story. Wonderful writing. Thank you for sharing. Debileah