aquamoonmaiden
06-30-2007, 01:45 AM
I'm new here. I've got quite a few poems stored up from many years of writing, but I'll just start with one. Thanks for your time. Here goes:
The Seventh Circle
Descending down the darkened way
As fear begins to creep over me
I know it would be useless to pray
No one would feel any sympathy
There it is, the black river
Water as dark as the night's sky
My soul is what I must deliver
To the buried flames so high
Once across, the fear becomes deep
As I see the gates stand tall
For his domain, watch he must keep
The three-headed beast serves one, defies all
The king of the caverns of stone
Keeps everything under his ruling hand
Your fate is judged by him alone
Every soul is under his command
I have traveled thus far within
And shall not turn
I lay my soul before him
Sparked, I watch it burn
His decision has been made
I prepare to meet my fate
For repentance I never prayed
Knowing it is much too late
Brimstone and fire surround
The site of my final grave
Here I shall never drown
Condemned to be fate's slave
I am cast below the surface
Into the boiling depths
There is no hope for solace
And no use for regrets
This river of blood I suffer in
Is overseen by a beast of depravity
Everyone below is of one kin
All souls whip in agony
The burning blood offers no peace
The heat I cannot bear
I break the surface for release
And catch the vigilant stare
His arrow is drawn with such skill
His gaze is fixed ahead
He impales my heart as if to kill
But I am already dead
He shrugs my scream with a smile
Infernal laughter follows the grin
Another pierced soul, the wound so vile
Shot down for committing that sin
The Seventh Circle
Descending down the darkened way
As fear begins to creep over me
I know it would be useless to pray
No one would feel any sympathy
There it is, the black river
Water as dark as the night's sky
My soul is what I must deliver
To the buried flames so high
Once across, the fear becomes deep
As I see the gates stand tall
For his domain, watch he must keep
The three-headed beast serves one, defies all
The king of the caverns of stone
Keeps everything under his ruling hand
Your fate is judged by him alone
Every soul is under his command
I have traveled thus far within
And shall not turn
I lay my soul before him
Sparked, I watch it burn
His decision has been made
I prepare to meet my fate
For repentance I never prayed
Knowing it is much too late
Brimstone and fire surround
The site of my final grave
Here I shall never drown
Condemned to be fate's slave
I am cast below the surface
Into the boiling depths
There is no hope for solace
And no use for regrets
This river of blood I suffer in
Is overseen by a beast of depravity
Everyone below is of one kin
All souls whip in agony
The burning blood offers no peace
The heat I cannot bear
I break the surface for release
And catch the vigilant stare
His arrow is drawn with such skill
His gaze is fixed ahead
He impales my heart as if to kill
But I am already dead
He shrugs my scream with a smile
Infernal laughter follows the grin
Another pierced soul, the wound so vile
Shot down for committing that sin