The Gates of Hell

The gates of hell have opened wide,

Crashing in a blaze so high the flames reached up through the sky,

The flames the call me compelling me near,

I hear them whisper in my ear, 

I try to resist the call they send to me,

Compelling me to plunge towards the sea. 

I block my ears and close my eyes, 

avoiding the call to the flames I despise, 

The plunge they compel me to take will surely be my death, 

but I listen as they tell me the plunge will be for the best.

 I look at my life and what it holds for me, 

I think of all my love and future family. 

I scream to the sky that it isn't my time, 

but they fill up my mind with doubt on the decision to live or to die.