Foundations are built on sacrifice: A poem 

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Sacrifice is a vital food for the soul 

Just like starving a little keeps the body whole 

Suffering in need, indeed, is no masochism 

A mother’s sacrifice comes from infinite wisdom 

Those that pursue aggrandisement wear shoes with no shine  

Looking for false glory is living with no spine 

Appearances and lifestyle are but empty shells 

It is in the grit of goodness that ring the resounding bells 

Great foundations of civilisation are built on sacrifice 

Be it that the perspiration of a lifetime didn’t see sunrise 

It is in burning that dead wood becomes warming 

The garden of posterity is out of a toiler’s labouring 

The greatest warriors were those burnt at the stake 

Not in one lifetime their bounties did they rake 

Even God, despite his magnificence, goes unacknowledged and forgotten 

But his grandeur is in being immanent in everything 

Published by montecyril

Hi, I am Monte Cyril Rodrigues and live in Melbourne, Australia. I am a retired journalist. I have been diagnosed with schizophrenia. I've had voices and visions all my life. I think it is a spiritual experience, my doctors think otherwise. I am a deeply spiritual person and keep having experiences with otherworldly realms.

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  1. Too beautiful Monte . Brought tears to my eyes . Thinking of all those unsung heroes that I have come to read about and know about in my life

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