April 29th - Ba'al

King of Diamonds - Ba'al

The Cult of Ba’al Hammon

In Carthage they killed children

If the Romans are to be believed

Infanticide as tribute to a god

Who from wizened hands could

Birth a winter foal or smash ships  

And men to oblivion –  whose mercy

Came in mild droughts

In summer rains

In the name of Ba’al Hammon did

Learned loving parents put their children

To the knife and when completely bled

They burned the tiny bodies

Till their little ones were

No more than ash

For the offering

We may be wise not to trust the Romans or

To want to think of slaughtered babes but

Now we know how easy it can be for any

Learned loving empire to sacrifice its children

For imagined safety

In exchange for nothing
But an idea