All of us have
offended, committed,
stood back and watched,
held back what was given to be given,
looked the other way
All of us have
slashed and burned our way through
broken hearts
maiming with words and tone
condemning the innocent,
condemning the not-so-innocent
but deeply loved and precious
crushing footfalls leaving destruction
hurt and misery behind
no way to turn back or change that
The condemned and the condemning
stumble down the chute to slaughter (the only way to go is forward)
slipping and falling to bloody knees
in the slimy muck and manure of wrong doing, wrong thinking,
panic in the darkness, blinders on,
heading for the death-gate
Then God
steps into the place of slaying
releases, liberates,
pardon for the doomed
removes the blinders
sudden light reveals
the slaughter-chute becomes the Way,
death-gate becomes Life Gate
for all
the condemned and the condemning
Photo, Abandoned Slaughterhouse Ramp, by Lode Van de Velde
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