Robert James Liguori Poet Free verse

Satan and Me

So I kneel to the beast 
while fresh blood
drips from his horns 

I’m a new arrival
and he has yet to determine 
my punishment 

I motioned to speak 
and he quickly put his pitchfork 
upon my lips

‘I choose fire for you’, he said
in a deep thunderous voice
and he wept 

Why cry for me, dear Satan 
I thought 
and he could hear my pleas 

He grabbed my arm and threw me
down an unending pit
where curious souls swirled around me

I would land in lava
hot painful lava 
and there I would simmer and cry

My screams would shatter
ordinary glass 
if there was any to be held

But then a light, my savior
a guardian angel 
fresh to fight the demons

And he would win today
and lift me from my melting point
to bring me to the pearly gates

Damn the devil and his demons
a pure heart can never be defeated
today I dance with the angels

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Andrea Dietrich July 21, 2026 at 3:11 PM Wow the beginning part had me worried but then Jesus came to save the day. I have been reading near death experience stories in which this very thing happens to some souls who don't go to the light but end up in horrible darkness and pain and they call out to Jesus and are saved. Well they never really died. But I bet they repent and become believers after an experience such as that! I enjoyed this read

Hilda Greenhough September 22, 2024 at 8:44 PM This is an interesting tale. I have an impression that Satan is also a slave to his condition. It's a good juxtapose to the common belief.