by Sigrid E. Mortensen

© 2023

Humans have been making sacrifices

Giving up what they love

What they value

To unseen gods

For as long as there have been humans.

What will you sacrifice?

Will you sacrifice old ideas of you?

Will you part with old beliefs?

Will you give up limitations

Or shed old selves

That no longer serve you?

What will you sacrifice?

Can you toss upon the pyre

Old grudges

Old pain

All the reasons

And justifications for keeping wounds open?

Will you slice into

Your most cherished facade?

Will you risk 

Discovering 

Your true nature that hides

Shyly

Inside the carcass you one loved?

What will you sacrifice?

What are you willing to live without?

What will you give up

To gain the favor of the 

Unseen god

Within you?

How deep is your faith that

Unattached

From old patterns

Old habits

Old judgements

And condemnations

Your True Self

Will bestow blessings upon you

And help you thrive?