Of Sin and Shadow

Just a little sparkle to go with your rainbow.

among the ruins of the youth
between the chaos and the truth
a cry rings out as heaven tries
to calm the hate that cracks the skies
but forty years of tears and flood
have not cleansed those who drowned in blood
who, in perdition, would behold
the Seven avenged sevenfold
so bleed we will, and bleed we ought
as we, the angels god forgot
set fire to the crown of thorns
and twist our halos into horns

two acts that will, as darkness warns
bind our souls to worldly shores

where we will kill without remorse
those that walk the righteous course
whose black and blueprints deemed it fit
to watch us writhe within this pit
where agony and pain unveil
that apathy and hate prevail
over those who were alive to see
these fragments of our purity
scarring the surface of this land
like tally marks on god’s left hand--
one for every death doled out
to hell’s discreetly dark devout,

who cast the shadows of the doubt
over the men we deified

upon the ground where saviors died
between adored and crucified
where hymns that praised the past regime
were drowned to death in banshee scream
and from whose wail, we each would learn
degrees to which our god could burn
and when he was dead and charred and black
we stabbed our future in the back
so all the flames that forged the knife
could mark the end of human life--
what dreams may come will nightmares be
of dwelling here eternally

under heaven’s great debris
from whence our souls shall not depart

before the demons can impart
the guide to tearing love apart
in shattered sky and boiling sea
atop scorched earth and within me
the alchemy of hope to pain
is writ upon a viral strain
and at our darkest side’s desire
disease consumes the world entire
as one by one we die away
and by the thousands we decay
infernal kings will here reside
‘till hearts collapse and stars collide

Reviews

[SpokenWord]

No matter how much evil may exist true evil comes from our own hearts as we know right from wrong and we chose our path with a clear mind though we would like to blame it on a devil or an unclean spirit. They can only suggest to us we have to make the choice and that choice comes with no excuss we will be accountable for all our choices and for not making any choice at all. So let it be said, so let it be done. Loved this write it could be the beginning of a movie! Superb write

[Sandra Acevedo]

I love the way you put your words together.

Not sure why I clicked on this poem, it might have been because of the title, or maybe the picture, but in any case I am glad I did.
I love how you use your words, you have thrown out the full stop and apostrophe and yet it works so well. Your words have their own rhythm.
The final line is my favorite. It completes it all marvelously and creates such a stark image in ones head.
Well done :)

p.s. Thanks so much for your review on my piece..

[NoneOfYourBusiness akaK..]

a modern day Dante~esque epic trail of words~ you rhyme closures at each line are intoxicatingly flawless which pulls the reader deeper and deeper into the content without slippage~ amazing piece of written work!~

[Chris Smith Welshpoetcs]

Brilliant title, and a deep and dark poem my friend.