that which we love most.
Metaphorically speaking (and not)
Sacrifices must then be made to satisfy the mob.
Metaphorically speaking (and not)
Thrown under the bus, whether innocent or guilty.
Metaphorically speaking (and not)
The wheels on the bus go round and round,
crushing anything beneath them, while the passengers
sing along.
Metaphorically speaking (and not)
The kinder ones perform a simple coup de grâce of what remains,
while others enjoy, relish even, the suffering of another.
Metaphorically speaking (and not)
For someone must be blamed. Someone must be the scapegoat. Someone must be the slaughtered lamb. Someone must pay. Someone must fall, regardless of right or wrong.
Metaphorically speaking (and not)
One may offer themselves up. One, to save the many...or
at least to pacify the few.
Metaphorically speaking (and not)
Martyr, Hero, Coward, Fool.
Such is humanity.