04-16-2025, 09:04 PM
Crucified
First he was flogged with a nine-tailed whip
that tore into flesh, ripped skin and muscle, as blood
sprayed across the public square for all to see.
A vertical beam awaited as he struggled through
the dark, narrow street with the horizontal piece. Rusty
nails drove into his wrists while he writhed on the ground.
His cross was lifted as vultures circled above. His leg
muscles tired, and his body hung limp. His shoulders
popped out of their sockets; his twisted wrists dislocated.
He drifted near death until an iron mallet crunched
against his thighs, breaking both legs. Birds plucked out
his eyes. Soldiers jeered as he shit blood, naked and exposed,
Night would fall before he died.
First he was flogged with a nine-tailed whip
that tore into flesh, ripped skin and muscle, as blood
sprayed across the public square for all to see.
A vertical beam awaited as he struggled through
the dark, narrow street with the horizontal piece. Rusty
nails drove into his wrists while he writhed on the ground.
His cross was lifted as vultures circled above. His leg
muscles tired, and his body hung limp. His shoulders
popped out of their sockets; his twisted wrists dislocated.
He drifted near death until an iron mallet crunched
against his thighs, breaking both legs. Birds plucked out
his eyes. Soldiers jeered as he shit blood, naked and exposed,
Night would fall before he died.