Welcome To Hell

Hell sucks you in
The flames lick your feet
Lured in by the fiery show
You descend the infernal stairs.
A glaze covering your eyes
Blinds you from what should not be seen.
The looming iron gates draw nearer
As the heat intensifies
Yet you feel cold
Cold as ice
So anxiously you run down
Deeper into a burning pit
From which no one leaves.
Prodded by demons bearing scalding pitchforks
You reach for the handle
The gargantuan gate swings open
And you smile
Just smile.
A roaring laugh you hear all around
Then an intolerable burning you feel on your arm
As you yell toward the heat
You are branded
Given a number, and forget who you were
You look back and try to escape
But are stabbed through the heart.
It is wrenched out viciously
And put into a jar.
You touch your tender, seared arm.
A line of damned prisoners
All like you
March down a dreary path
That appears to have no end
Chains are tied around your ankles
As you are shoved into the line
Becoming one of the masses.
The fog from your eyes clears
And the solemn reality of your new home is revealed;
The sight would’ve killed you
Had you not been dead
And as you trod wearily down the beaten path
A dark sign overhead reads
WELCOME TO HELL.