Darker Than the Cavern, No Relief
Darker than the Cavern, No Relief
Darker
than the Cavern
opening gate into Hell,
the lost Souls, dead nights
with such unimaginable delights.
They seek mercy
where none can be had
an ending never found,
lost forever deep underground.
No Altar
to burn incense
a dark pit into agony lie,
caverns , dark and deep to cry.
Moans
that wail in
pleas unfulfilled,
repentance was never willed.
Dark city
Hades in action
forever gifting torment,
upon those lost in banishment.
No sleep
just louder cries
hideous sorrowful wails
where forgiveness forever fails.
Robert J. Lindley, 09-27-2014
Note: I woke this morning from a dream of the
underworld. David's passing was on my mind last
night and this dream shouted out a warning to me.
Too late, too late is a terrible place to be...
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