'The Devil's Dance'

Horror, death, the end of time

 

 

In the wee hours of daylight, while the moon still was rising,
Came forth all the children, from the devils own horizon.
Evil spilled forth, to this very earth,
For tonight would be the day; the Devil would his worth.

Cries rang forth,
Rumors rang about.
From the depths of hell,
All panic sprang sprout!

'What have we hear'?
A voice was heard to say.
In all his glory,
Stood the Devil this day..

Handsome?
Some would say!
Ungodly!
Why of course!
Hell-bent on destruction,
Activation of all unclean.
He walked about this earth.
With his wicked little grin
The Angels above looked down; each one with shame,
for they knew it was now;
In their Master's own hands.

Come hither like a snake; he called out in a rumbling tone..
All the ghastly ghouls laughed out loud; with a mighty roar!
They knew with their Master to protect them;
They would fear no ever more.

The dirt rumbled...
The earth moved...
And up came the undead...
Their bodies alight with gloom and doom...
There was nothing more to be said...
With each they moved; towards the center where he stood,
The Almighty One; the one who had come to collect his dues.

His eyes aglow..
With untold woes,
And his slithery tongue; moving to and fro.
He threw back his head;
A laugh roared out; to all those who surround..
In answer they all started to move...
Their bodies askewed; eyes all dark and blank;
With stink of ranking earth; and untold mirth
Each one moved slowly his way..
Screams of horror all rang about..
As people rushed to and fro
From what they knew now was their doom...

But he knew it was of no use
For they had to now pay their dues,
For that is what this was all about..
From the depths came the Master; this ungodly like creature,
And tonight he was going to collect!
Their souls for their sins,
For this he did win.
And suffer they all shall do!

So scream if you will...
Hurl curses to up above...
It will all be for null for you.
His lips curled in a snarl, his wings spread all about.
As eyes glowed with no sympathy
For it was misery he only knew...

For tonight was the night,
The Devils dance would begin.
And on this night he knew;
He was finally going to win!

 

 

 

 

Photo Courtesy (c) of Tinypic

Author's Note

Reviews

[KonxOmPax]

Hmm...interesting. I like the sense of cheer (lol) and gladness it goes well with what's actually going on which is not at all cheerful at least not to those he came to collect. And you're boldy cheering for the otherwise underdog without remorse, pity, etc. (No I am not a Satanist!) As for the rhythm I think it's pretty good most of the time except toward the end where it seems to go flat. Overall this piece conjures up many scenes of...classical devilry and has this archaic feel to it. Cheers!

[Patches I'm not so new..]

This will make a cracker jack hollowe'en poem I really enjopyed the read Magdelena very vivid and most captivating piece

[Georgia Gypsy]

Stunningly done! the imagry is amazing and shows how much thought you put into writing this!
i really enjoyed it, dark and forboding!

[Sean M. Addams]

i really like this piece... the darkness really flowed through this well the imagery and detail is brillantly done in this .. overall a very amazing write.

[Debra Stevens Edwards (..]

I found this to be well written and quite disturbing as well as I am sure you understand knowing me as you do. I was chilled by the sense of realism it held. Well Done but I still.
Hugs Debby