Hell's Halloween Ball

It's a night 
Of easy recall 
When I was a guest 
Of Hell's Halloween Ball 

An extravagant arch 
Cased elaborate, forested doors 
Plush red carpets 
Festooned Hell's Ballroom floors 

Upon my arrival 
My eyes observed that day 
The carved reliefs 
On the doors as adorned 
Of souls gone astray 

I peered in the faces 
Of eyes turned stone cold 
A pack with the Devil 
For the contracts he holds 

Great chandeliers 
Baroque ceilings high 
Crystals fashioned 
From the pain of the hopeless 
And all the tears ever cried 

At long tables laden 
With the feast of the night 
Hearts of the wretched and unholy 
Daemons consumed with delight 

Each soul's deeds tallied 
And their virtues as well 
An eternity spent in heaven 
The balance sheet would tell 
The wretched and unholy 
Sent to the bowels of hell
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015


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Date: 11/5/2015 3:07:00 PM
This is an excellent and very talented write! I both admire and enjoy your poem ... CayCay
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