Ultimate Sacrifice

Hold your breath,

Close your eyes,

Feel the bitter wind slice across your pale face.

Dream that you are roaming amongst the heavens,

When your true surroundings resemble hell.

Notice how the sun commits itself behind the dark clouds,

How all the color is swallowed by an intimidating layer of fog.

Awake your senses to the roar of the crowd,

Pleads from the victims.

As the chaos intensifies itself to an unbearable peak,

Stand within this mass of people.

Turn your attention towards this broken stage.

Watch as I approach the gallows of suffering and sacrifice.

Notice my worn hands,

As they are bound to this stake.

See how my veins are severed in half.

My ankles,

How they have been tied and stapled,

To this wretched wooden plank.

I have been beaten and stripped - from my attire and pride.

Lead the standing ovation,

as they mount a crown of barbed wire atop my head.

See the pained expression within my eyes.

Embrace the dagger you thrust into my heart,

For by your hands I yearn to die.

When the blood cascades,

From my every pore,

Will you wince in remorse?

Or merely smile in accomplishment?

I have given myself,

In spite of your sins.

For all of suburbia will rest in peace tonight.

As the fires dim to embers,

Like my being to ash.

Know this has always been for you.

As the dust settles,

And the crowd thins,

Leaving you standing alone in the cold.

Think of me,

My last words uttered,

And my memory.

For you are the true victim

of this urban crucifixion.

And when the moon appears again,

And the stars continue to shine.

Let that be an eternal sign

That you have forever been forgiven.