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Monthy Poetry Challenge for March.
Write a poem about a cleansing by fire, by any means: Beautiful, dirty, gritty, dark, fluffy... make it yours. Winner is decided by likes, and will receive a crisp $10.00 -Set it alight.
Poetrymom1992 in Poetry & Free Verse

Prevailed

The ritual was set to produce ashes from the bones

Cleansing by the fire for a sin they need to atone-

I didn't understand what was happening

As the body rose and bled

Where once was a living person

Was burned by fire instead

I didn't ever wish to be them

I hoped that no one else ever would-

I wouldn't wish this upon anybody

and I Don't ever want to sacrifice flesh and blood

I heard the fatal cry

As she left the holy veil

From this world into another

Cleansed in fire

We then prevailed