Silence

[nozaki]

Silence


To be righteous, one must take -personal preference only, but I imagine this line as 'One takes (Abraham's ritual knife...) to be righteous'
Abraham's ritual knife and strip
away the gloves that mask one's trace,
the shirt that mocks at innocence, -'At' between mocks and innocence is a little strange, but upon second thought I like it. 

the breasts that feed, the tongue that tastes -'the tongue that tastes' is a little bland for me, ironically, but I guess it's necessary for the following lines. maybe 'the tongue that bleeds'? Don't know if that's what you're going for, though 
and, with its every word of praise 
or soured satisfaction, breaks -nitpick but kind of bothers me how satisfaction is described as 'soured' but praise is just that 
the silence that is righteousness -- -really like this stanza. takes the flow of the first and sprints with it. 

but all is forfeit should a drop 
of Christian blood be spilled. -little overt with 'Christian,' in my opinion spoils the fun of inference a little. maybe 'holy'? 

i really liked this. the definition of short and sweet.