SACRED SACRIFICE

She needs what he has
He wants what she can offer
Healing, really.
She sells her body and sacrifices her soul.

Can the healing redeem her?
Is she a medicine woman?
Or a prostitute?
And is there a difference?

She needs what he has
And he wants to heal her,
Making sense of his own path.
She sells her soul and sacrifices her life.

Does the healing redeem him?
Or her?
Is she a wife or a prostitute?
Is there a difference?

The sacrificial lamb, and scapegoat;
The husband, and wife, and prostitute
Sacred healing or profanity?
Do we know the difference?

And does it matter?