The Pale Horse of the Fourth Horseman

FROM WITHIN THE SEVENTH HELL,

THE ECHO OF A BELL,

RENTS THE MISTS APART,

AS PALE HORSE OF DEATH DEPARTS.

THE BOOT OF HORSEMAN DIGS

INTO ITS SHALLOW RIBS

A KICK INTO ITS HIDE,

THROWS ITS HEAD FROM SIDE TO SIDE.

 

THE PALE STEED

OF THE FOURTH HORSEMAN

YOU WILL SEE

THAT WASTED HORSE WHEN

THE TIME IS UP FOR THEE

IT COMETH SOON FOR YOU AND ME.

 

UPON ITS BACK RIDES DEATH,

HIS PUTRID SULPHUR BREATH

STENCHES THE NIGHT AIR,

THE EPITOME OF BLACK DESPAIR.

HE COMETH SOON FOR YOU

BRUTAL THROUGH AND THROUGH

HE RIDES YOU TO YOUR GRAVE,

HE CARETH NOT HOW YOU BEHAVE.

 

THE PALE STEED

OF THE FOURTH HORSEMAN

YOU WILL SEE

THAT WASTED HORSE WHEN

THE TIME IS UP FOR THEE

IT COMETH SOON FOR YOU AND ME.

 

IT COMETH

BEST BE READY WHEN

IT COMETH

BEST BE READY THEN

IT COMETH

BEST GET READY NOW!

IT COMETH

BEST PREPARE TO F*****G BOW!

Reviews

[David Scott]

I cannot help but think of the origins of this thought. The Bible speaks of judgement and death often. We are not the top of the "food chain" in the universe or in the spiritual relm...
Those who learn to bow in true humility will rise up as kings...
The "shock" factor with the cursing takes away from the spiritual challenge your poetry presents. Other than that, you have voiced poetic prophesy.