Dante's Lament

Dante's Lament

A Poem by Sarah
"

you too can re-behold the stars.

"
I invoke the muses,
I invoke my lovely angel
to guide me through this treacherous path.
I kiss the mouth of hell
I surrender myself to the infernal winds;
my guide urging me I must move forward
But how can I ? 
When my heart is at a crossroads
and my soul is being ripped apart?

The harpies' cries haunt me still;
I caress the bloody thorns.
Forgive me, father
Forgive me father,
for I have gone astray. 

I taste the tears of the fallen angel
and I feel sorry;
for we are not so much different,
we have lost our way
and redemption is so far out of reach;
he cries because he can no longer kiss the stars
he yearns for the virtue in which was violently stripped of him.

I have seen the devil-- and he is just another pawn in this divine war;
for if this is true, who is the man veiled behind the universes?
This is my lament
for all of who, like myself, have gone astray;
head this cry
look within the hell in which you live
for all is not lost
and you too can re-behold the stars.

© 2015 Sarah


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Sarah
also on tumblr (thetruthenlightensme)

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Added on March 22, 2015
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Sarah

LA VERNE, CA



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