Rest Forbidden

A Poem by Bobby Madden

Expression.

Wandering through the pure, vivid opaque darkness of the mental realm and all that eyes fail to unveil

A recklessly restless soul of unfulfilled intentions imprisoned and crushed in closing confinement
Merciless torment and malicious torture forces endless screaming in a never-ending nightmare
An earth-breaking netherworld rises in blood-red moonlight of a black devilry’s lunar alignment

Condemned to eternal damnation by the evil, malevolent lords of pain, horror, and despair
The chilling wind casting whispers of an ever-echoing haunting throughout the domain of the dead
As a thin haze of white mist shrouds me in solitude sorrow, I kneel and weep at my unmarked stone tomb
Death saved me not the mercy to bring me to peace, but has called forth my resurrection as the undead

The necropolis of the world bathes itself in a disturbing melody of horrific silence
Massacres of mutilated corpses and catastrophic ruin consume the suffocating ground
An all-embracing darkened ceiling cloud conveys a deep purple sky fading into flashing white light
And an onslaught of raining fire and cracking lightning blades shatter the silence with a thunderous sound

Ash and debris of destruction stir into a spiraling storm in the blinding, burning atmosphere
The very air has become a toxic fume that induces the lungs that breathe it to erupt with blood
The perseverance of chaos withholds perpetual refusal to rest and end the suffering
Despite the infinite affliction, I’m unable to stop involuntarily treading this flood

Traveling far and wide in constant circles throughout the never-weakening mayhem monstrosity
All dreams for the sun to rise with a valorous strike of its shining sword lost within the shadow plague
Beneath my cadaver shell, a rotting heart decomposes to dust from the scars of dead memories
How invigoration and paradise could incinerate so violently is incredibly vague

This unbreakable curse, this tragedy of my destiny shall follow my ever-long existence
As ceaseless demonic laughter amplifies through the air with misery, hope and faith remain hidden
Dark fluids bleed from a vertically gaping mouth while acidic tears pour from putrefied eye sockets
Bones collapse and crumble to the desolation filth as peace and rest forever remain forbidden