When my father came out from the war
I knew he would want to see me first
So I ran out to greet him
But he fell to his knees in the dirt
He told me daughter
I have promised
God to offer
The first creature
That I saw
Father the vow you have made
Is one you cannot escape
But first let me go with my sisters
Down to the shores of the lake
I lived two months with them
My sisters our [fathers? flowers?]
And then I
Returned
Back home
The night he took me to the mountain
Neither of us spoke
We reached the peak together
Just as sunrise broke
I could have
Run from him
I almost thought
He wished it
But I could not run
From God
It was the last day of my life
The sun had never shone so bright
My father held the knife
I kept my eyes open wide
Then angels came to me
With faces of my sisters
And they filled my eyes
With tears

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