Our God lives underground.A Poem by John SaxonOne of many dark little nursery rhymes. This was inspired by an atmospheric indie game of the same name.
You trudge across the ice and snow,
with bare and frozen feet, you faced the countless suffering, with naught to drink or eat, You see the pillars that were placed, a circle forms around, the trapdoor leads the way to he who lives down underground. The stony steps are quite pristine, they've barely e're been used, for those who are sent down to him have never yet refused. Besides, all those who tried to leave are gone and never found, For who would try to flee from he who lives beneath the ground? The darkness falls around you as the daylight fleets to naught, The lamp you've brought does not prevail as well as you first thought. But scampering and scuttling an eerie, awful sound, was this the fate of those who had descended underground? The lantern brings you comfort, as you swing it in the deep, The light has seemed to scare somewhat the hidden things that creep, And every step you've taken seems to echo far abound, Why is it quite so lonely in the world beneath the ground? The door is locked behind you as you flee the creatures' reach, a rusty crank and winch let out a long, almighty screech, an ancient iron lift ascends, It's cable taut and wound, It is a long way down to see he who lives underground. The lift creaks into action, falling slowly down the pit Within the long abyss he lurks, So close to where you sit. A light shines right beneath you with a great and awful sound, Behold the dreadful evil that awaits you underground. © 2016 John Saxon |
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Added on May 9, 2016 Last Updated on May 9, 2016 Tags: Dark, underground, atmosphere, rhyme, weird |