The Anatomy of Heroic Sacrifice

First, give them your heart 

to eat on a platinum platter:

meat marinated in blood and sweat

turned into a steaming dish tried by fire

with your breath to fan the flame.

and your tears to stew the same 

Second, get off your feet,

rest on your hands and knees,

and let your back be their table

when they gather for wine and bread.

Let them laugh loudly with stomachs full,

filled with your communion

as they merry and make light 

while you creak under their weight.

Third, bear upon your soul 

their crown of thorns, and don it with swagger.

Be their Messiah on a runway,

till your heels crumble into humanity.

Then, you'd have been a hero for a few years 

and a villain till your dying day.

@Fashoyin Adebiyi & Marcel