I loved all three <br />of my silver <br />threepenny bits <br />especially the shiny one <br />with Queen Victoria’s head <br />so it was strange <br />that I should dropp them <br />secretly, one by one <br />in the church collection plate <br />at Sunday Mass. <br />I made myself do it, <br />wanting to show — <br />to prove to myself <br />that I loved God more <br />than my lovely <br />silver threepenny bits. <br />What a strange child I was, <br />misguided, too, I think <br />— perhaps.<br /><br />Pete Crowther<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-sacrifice-3/
