Wrote this as an assignment when I was 14. It was my first poem. |
The Land I glance about me in terror and fright As the Prince himself draws near in all might His hood of darkness doth cover his face His cloak of black pain hides deadly grace His claws wrap around a torch flaming bright He tells me, “For you this will be a long night.” A pair of red eyes are agleam with deep hate As the victor unlocks Hells very own gates With a creak and shiver open it swings While the beasts own people send tormented screams The stench is rising in a darkening grey mist The serpent breathes deeply showing strange bliss My heart it does tremble and this he now knows My body convulses in fear and it shows I'm made to step forward to look down the hole Fire leaps up its shadow too bold My eyes shut so tight at the scene down there Bodies blood swimming and bone figures bare Death's own hand akin with the beast Stretches abroad to deliver this feast Wingless angels dance their lustful employ Made for only their king to enjoy A pressure so hard on me I can feel I turn and face the creature so still He wickedly smiles his teeth sharp at most He says, “Join the party, I am the host. I'll take of your innocence until you have none When you think it's the end then it's only begun You will become my bride to be For to keep this realm in Hells misery!” With this saying he takes my hand And I cry, “Lord save me from the beast and his land!” The creature screeches and strikes me aside As a bolt of white light shoots down through the sky The serpent he falls and shakes with great fear As Christ and his angels begin to draw near A robe of clothed white-the only true king His angels of truth do joyfully sing A ring of bright glory circles his crown While Jesus himself glides to the ground In the sons eyes a light grows so pure He says, “Lucifer, of her you'll not lure. Your kingdom of wicked and ways of bad wild Will not harm my innocent young child For she has cried to me to be saved And in Holy water she shall be bathed For her there will be a fresh new life And for you, black Satan, Hells own strife!” With his Word appears a lake of fire As the Holy child casts Satan into Death's empire Banshi-type screams do reach my ears While silent hope streams down-grateful tears “Come my child we will leave this land.” He turns to me and offers his hand “Remember child do as I do, love everybody as I Love You!” |