pen/nce

yee who falls slave to thine own sin.

will forever taste the wrath and villainy

you have let swarm this earth.

for your one mistake

the greatest mistake you will give,

will lay way for a lifetime of penance.

for the fire you tasted,

you will forever be consumed in it’s rage.

your skin forever stripped from bone by the searing flame.

for the beast you allowed control,

you will forever be choked by

it’s venomous fangs.

this beast will feed at your heart from sun rise to set.

for the love you have taken granted of,

each one following will be cursed by her holy ghost.

and you will forever search,

and never find

sunlight again.

caught forever in this cave you will be a phantom, 

a wraith

taming the shadows that cannot be touched.

………………………….

a painful way to die is simply to live.

i’m burying my gun in the ground.

along with this heart that beats like madness in my chest.

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

I don't know. Is there penance? I like the internal thought and the places you took me with your words. My father drank, beat woman and killed. He believed by going to church on New Year eve. You would be forgiven. I don't know. No God is that foolish? A lot to ponder in the poem. A wild ride in strong and powerful statements. I like it. Thank you for the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[AleyshaRosa]

Wow...
The devil lurking in the depths of your poem... I also liked how this can also be related to human sin; always waiting and ready.
Awesome

Koodoos

[alan khan]

Thank you very much, appreciated as always :)