Sacrifice

Sacrifice
by Susan Morrison Jones

Hold me
Love me
Make the pain go away

Love me
Cry for me
Words I never say

Each strike of hammer
Each blow of stone
Each fly that won't leave,my blood alone

But hold me
Love me
This I never speak
Ah, just to feel my mothers hand cool
my fevered cheek

God my Father
Forgive them all
The words I say
Hush, enthrall

I will die this cruel death
give myself
my very last breath

Strange to die
To live again
This I do to save

All Men