The Loss of Thanksgiving by silent-rose7, literature
Literature
The Loss of Thanksgiving
This is not a falling from grace
But a clearing of the mind.
No longer will I remain a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Unable to partake of the bread,
Fearing passage by the hands of the discriminatorily pious.
I cannot watch them flock like moths to a synthetic flame.
Lambs leading each other to the sacramental slaughter
On the trail to the jaws of the lioness.
And what of you?
What do you presume of the afterlife?
Tell me,
What is the purpose of a narrow road
If not simply to increase the death toll?
If inquiry is unconsecrated
I will not argue entitlement of blasphemer.
Enlighten us,
What is the virtue of denying
Everything you