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Sacrificed on the Altar of Love
What white heat of passion
Stretched out those sinewed arms;
Drove those feet to walk
Where angels feared to tread?
‘Love conquers all’ we glibly say.
Yet the exquisite, heart-lived love that
Embraced all, loved all, led to this.
Your pinioned form, hung,
As your heartbeat slowed and stilled,
Noise of crowd faded and vision blurred.
One last cry of anguish, before the relinquished peace –
Or was it rage? Rage against
Your divine form brought so low;
Continues…
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