Dennis Spilchuk Poet Verse

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Save Yourself

Save Yourself

My soul they took for all it was worth,
These demons of the underworld
Who inflicted rules I shouldn’t have shunned.
But I dismissed their advice and chose fun,
And jeered at their jest and mocked their pun.

The elements fade the tombstone’s name.
Some ask, “Who there lies in that grave?”
And I yell from the depths of hell,
“Unhappy are they who come closer;
Run away from impending disaster!”

There is no hope of ever turning back.
There is no joy to partake in, just punishment,
Obstinate fool that I was, brash and relaxed.
And now I suffer in the aftermath of my acts.
“Save yourself from such a fate!”

The stranger drew near like a vacuous dullard,
Fresh as June, without a care in the world.
If only the prying dolt realized the stakes in play
And would heed the warning I’m giving
To avoid the misfortune of dire straits,

Rather than to embark on an immutable journey
To go up there, just to be sent down here.
Horror, my friend, your eyes will see,
Irrelevant as your name will be.
I tried to escape but lost the race.

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