Eternal Flame [ Minus One Stanza and Envoi ]
The wicked world, in this age is full of sin,
All youth have a lust for the obscene;
The hour has come to cleanse the skin,
Our bodies, no longer temples, are unclean;
One may find all will feel an eternal wrath
For treading such an erroneous path;
There are innumerable truths one must tell
To save oneself from the scorch of hell;
All humankind shall take the blame-
For creating its own perpetual cell,
Now, all will feel the singe of the flame.
We all ride upon the devil’s fin,
Leaving the place God gave us, so serene;
Everyone scowls, not a single grin-
As if all were programmed like a machine,
We head closer towards our fiery bath,
Having followed the ways of the golden calf,
All personalities cease, recoiled into a shell-
As we find ourselves where we will forever dwell;
To us this is no longer a petty game,
We hear a chime, though from no bell;
Now, all will feel the singe of the flame.
If only there was a way to win,
If only the planet still has its’ sheen;
If only the starving were not so thin,
We may have breathed in an afterworld of clean,
The antichrist himself approaches, he carries a staff-
As he steps near us, we hear his demonic laugh,
There is a stench, different than any earthly smell;
Some begin to shed tears, some begin to yell,
Many tilt their heads to the ground, with shame,
This fire is permanent, one we cannot quell;
Now, all will feel the singe of the flame.
The interminable sorrow shall now begin,
Satan taunts us, growling in a fashion immensely mean;
He brings forth pasts, to everyone’s chagrin,
We pray to our king-God, and to Mary, our queen;
There is no remorse now, no reason to chaff;
No way to recalculate our sins through math,
The regret within us will continue to swell;
Our bodies have left us, now our souls jell,
We have accomplished something that was not our aim-
Perhaps we were under Satan’s own spell,
Now, all will feel the singe of the flame.
Copyright © Melissa Ross | Year Posted 2007
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