“Giving” for dVerse Poets, Nov 30, 2023

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Sacrifice

Some people give their lives to it,
And others never do––
Conditions never calling for
Rash actions to ensue.
I’ve held onto my life because
Fate never asked me to
Immolate myself to save
Child, soldier, Jew,
Ensuring that I remain 
Securely in life’s queue.

I don’t think sacrifice has been anything I’ve had to do much of in my life, short of occasionally knowingly giving someone the last pork chop or the biggest piece of cake.  Perhaps this is because I had no children.

I can think of only one big potential sacrifice I made in my life and that is something I will not speak of–mainly because people it might affect are still alive. So, in lieu of writing a personal essay or poem on this topic, I invite you to read an article about the top ten most inspiring self sacrifices.  You can go  HERE to read it.

 

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My blog, which started out to be about overcoming grief, quickly grew into a blog about celebrating life. I post daily: poems, photographs, essays or stories. I've lived in countries all around the globe but have finally come to rest in Mexico, where I've lived since 2001. My books may be found on Amazon in Kindle and print format, my art in local Ajijic galleries. Hope to see you at my blog.

8 thoughts on ““Giving” for dVerse Poets, Nov 30, 2023”

  3. Unknown's avatarSam

    Thanks, Judy, very well expressed, and the photo gave me memories of what I saw of what the Jews were doing to the Palestinians. I am not against either of them, but I do understand things that others around the world do not even know about. I have seen those tall fences and would not want to be pinned up behind one like an animal.

    Maybe “Compassion” would be a good sub-tidal for that poem. We must have it for both sides of this situation, and America, and even the Pope, did not have it for the Jews when the Nazis were doing this, and why I still have a soft spot for the Swiss, so we should now have it for the Palestinians when they are faced with the same thing.

    Like your poem, I will always take sides for the downtrodden. Biden for “political reasons” made a serious mistake, but is now trying to “fix” it, maybe too late. We should be aiding to help, not to kill, regardless of what the appearance may be. Both sides have so much innocent blood on their hands~! And yes a third party is involved, but it will take a third party to bring it to an end, and we could be party to that.

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