Sacrifice

A Voice Crying Loudly ... Against the Brutal and Indiscriminate Killings in Gaza

by Roy A. Graham / August 10th, 2014

So…you want to live vicariously…
Eliminate your pain…by killing me
Flaunting your rage
By putting me in your cage
And throwing away the key…

So you…want to live
Vicariously…
Eliminate your shame…by upstaging me
Pointing your fingers
While I sit through the wringers
As you expiate…through me

So you want to live
Vicariously…
Throwing stones
From the heaps
Of your hypocrisy…
And after my death…You being hungry yet
Will tear my flesh…and eat me

• From Roy’s book, “In My Element: Inspiration for Empowerment“

Roy Alexander Graham is President, CEO of FigTree Enterprises, Inc. He is the author of a number of books including In My Element, Of Scattered Seed And Broken Souls, Of Paradise Despised, and more. Check out his blog for more of his work. Read other articles by Roy A., or visit Roy A.'s website.

This article was posted on Sunday, August 10th, 2014 at 8:00am and is filed under Poetry.