A Poem that I wrote for English

paulpastore:

Faith

I stood above the earth

looking upon the sprawl of civilization

spread out was humanity

groping, struggling

choking, dying

striving, starving

they were blinded by faith, ravaged by ambition

I watched them throw themselves on the alter

murmuring their rationalizations

as the priest slit their throats

they lay there lifeless

dead as they had been at birth

praising the divine for their sacrifice

I went to join them