His Secret

Even holy blood has its consequences . . .

Metallic scarlet brushes the rim

of the abomination's cup;

the leftovers of slaughter

brought forth unto

unsuspecting prey;

victims of massacre

and unprovoked invasions.

And he sips it.

He did divert the attention

of armies, armed by blind faith,

towards the way to the different,

the slightly altered,

and he smiled

as they faced

genocide.

Centuries of forced labor

show themselves on his brow,

not his sweat however,

but the blood and waste

of men who worked

their asses off for him.

Following the declared evil

of the law,

he had formed the very

rebels of goodwill,

that laid hands on innocent

men, and shed civil blood.

And yet, he posed as a hero

leading the damnation of

the men that so ruthlessly

followed him.

And yet here we are,

worshiping them

as if they were our god.

Author's Note

Photo courtesy of digitalreplicant of Deviant Art.

Reviews

[Frieda P]

Beautiful write on such a wretched subject.

[Baby Ricochet]

Aaaaahh. After reading that I feel like smoking a cigar. Tai you're a brilliantly talented youth. This piece is epic. Someone could make a movie out of it

[Tai Ryens]

I thank you kindly. Unfortunately; most aspects come from the events as followed:
* Israel's unprovoked invasion of many countries; as stated in the Bible of Christianity and Koran of Islam
* The African nations being slaved by the Roman Catholics, claiming God had given them black-skinned men as something lesser than human.
* The Ku Klux Klan's murder of many African-Americans; due to their God telling them to kill any black-skinned man not working for the 'White Man.'
And, last but not least:
* The fact that a majority of this world still blindly follows the very same God that commanded all of these atrocities, claiming that God accepts everyone and that they are "holier-than-thou reborn legates of peace."

[Baby Ricochet]

In Iraq the Imams held tremendous influence. We dreaded Fridays because that was the day the locals went to the mosques and would come out all fired up after a fire branding sermon. They could inspire kids as young as 13 to pick up arms against the infidels. So these kids with no training would jump out from behind buildings and berms firing AK's from the hip and we would shoot them in the head as we were well trained. That didn't sit well with many of us. We were trained to kill America's enemies, not stupid teenagers. Just one of the many ways war is seriously fucked up

[Tai Ryens]

More like people are fucked up. Had those poor teenagers not attended the sermon, maybe they would not have done such a thing.

[Pax]

Graphically dark with hidden truth...
your really good at this kind style my friend..
well done.

[Tai Ryens]

At times, yes. I thank you kindly.

[Sarah]

It is really good. Great description. it is verry imaginative... :)

[That_Girl]

"men who worked
their asses off for him." Seems... blunt for you. It caught my eye. Neither good nor bad.... but I noticed it.

The vocabulary used in this is perfect for the subject at hand, you did a great job.

[Tai Ryens]

I'm afraid Sylvia Plath may be the cause of that, with her constant ranting about earth blandness and human bitchery. Thank you for the review.