prayed all morning for fire
to light his altar
yet no ember grew
even as they cut themselves
adding their own blood
to sacrificial hopes
till the word of Elijah
revealed to them
that the sacrifice for Baal
was already made by those
who in folly
built the altar.
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Author:
Jon Nakapalau (
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- Comment from author about the poem: Often the choice of sacrifice is already made before the act.
- Category: Religion
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