| River to the Lake of Fire |
River to the Lake of Fire
My world is over, my path to hell
and I must follow unto the bell,
as steps keep beat unto path’s end
which peals the final call to bend,
both knees then drop me to the ground.
Pray I will that moment comes
saving the final decision which hums
unto the decision of lasting control,
upon a death one must forsake all
then step unto the precipice and fall.
Gone is the hope which carried me through
the time that’s ticking off days adieu,
knowing a final reckoning of fools
facing the calls of the bell that rules,
which drains all light with eternity’s tools.
The yielding within is taken down
and glories cancelled fall to the ground,
lost are chances by those around
to reach unto salvation found,
never a hand beyond the bells sound.
Cries from bended knee consumed
no other flowers will ever bloom,
death of the stem and thorns have dropped
roots are gone all exhausted with rot,
oh Lord I cannot see - anything but the death of me.
My mind was driven until no more
is there consequence, or is glory lore?
Hallowed ground I cannot find
not even a shallow world or sign,
while lying in bloodied state of mind.
Passions gone and ever replaced
with no feeling of that state of Grace
or compass to --- follow unto
a journey that searches for peace of mind,
salvation and hope are lost for all time.
Regression unto time of beginnings
friends have died as much as the living,
no peace, no path or circumstance
will halt the fatal pace that plants,
its faithless ending darkened per chance.
Spread so wide over ground that’s cold
I can not locate the inner bold,
which resided once - now a heart of stone
no beating sound so lost and frozen,
longer… has the quiet moment grown.
I shall pass unto the calming black
a world where no one ever comes back,
all trapped within where cries forever
echo all hopes that once endeavored,
drowning their works – no final pleasures.
Conquests lost, all endurance gone
never again to see the dawn,
nor rising moon or sea of stars
or fiery beast where life began,
nothingness closing and close at hand.
A piercing pain of anguish felt
throughout the body – the soul does melt,
into the ground where lies the one
nothing sought, no object comes…
neither glow of life when all is done.
Now fires burn in flowing rock
forever the journey now is locked,
in a river filled with deathly deeds
derived from the evil seeds that breed,
my moments now forever in eternity’s lead.
Swept away down the river of pain
flesh boiled off and stripped of shame,
barren my soul where it now resides
exposed is the evil hidden inside,
alas the bones of lust – I cannot hide.
Fire doth rage all around me now
I thrash about in the river’s growl,
but succumb with little hope in heart
and drown within the most evil part,
lost is all – nothing left to impart.
A mere energy is all that is left
forever to drown near the river’s edge,
unreachable places no anchor to grasp
I am stuck here sinking in the river’s lust,
never to be rescued – no salvation is passed.
The glow beneath the river to Hell
have now consumed all that dwells,
a final death is coming to pass
my soul is dieing as the river casts,
to and fro - uncontrolled – seemingly forever to last.
The river drains into the lake
a fiery lake where souls do quake,
in eternity’s waters for all to see
to rest there in shame for all eternity,
not ever consumed – so all may see.
Cries from the shore of loved ones astride
the waves of fire which expanded the sides,
of the lake of fire which forever grows
gentle waves churning ever so slow,
more depth is needed – forever the river will flow.
Floating now in a sea of death
I am forever possessed in depths,
where nothingness surrounds us all
only the echoes of those who call,
unto the Lord – yet never on ears to fall.
Condemnation of souls make up the lake
all souls lost here who will never speak,
unto an Angel at the pearly gates
where resides the innocent children who wait,
for parents and family at judgment’s gate.
Lo, unto thee all who read
to cast aside the evil deeds,
within yourself and seek the light
before the days that you will die,
for from God’s judgment – I could not hide.
DWHolmes (copyright – 10-18-2005)
My world is over, my path to hell
and I must follow unto the bell,
as steps keep beat unto path’s end
which peals the final call to bend,
both knees then drop me to the ground.
Pray I will that moment comes
saving the final decision which hums
unto the decision of lasting control,
upon a death one must forsake all
then step unto the precipice and fall.
Gone is the hope which carried me through
the time that’s ticking off days adieu,
knowing a final reckoning of fools
facing the calls of the bell that rules,
which drains all light with eternity’s tools.
The yielding within is taken down
and glories cancelled fall to the ground,
lost are chances by those around
to reach unto salvation found,
never a hand beyond the bells sound.
Cries from bended knee consumed
no other flowers will ever bloom,
death of the stem and thorns have dropped
roots are gone all exhausted with rot,
oh Lord I cannot see - anything but the death of me.
My mind was driven until no more
is there consequence, or is glory lore?
Hallowed ground I cannot find
not even a shallow world or sign,
while lying in bloodied state of mind.
Passions gone and ever replaced
with no feeling of that state of Grace
or compass to --- follow unto
a journey that searches for peace of mind,
salvation and hope are lost for all time.
Regression unto time of beginnings
friends have died as much as the living,
no peace, no path or circumstance
will halt the fatal pace that plants,
its faithless ending darkened per chance.
Spread so wide over ground that’s cold
I can not locate the inner bold,
which resided once - now a heart of stone
no beating sound so lost and frozen,
longer… has the quiet moment grown.
I shall pass unto the calming black
a world where no one ever comes back,
all trapped within where cries forever
echo all hopes that once endeavored,
drowning their works – no final pleasures.
Conquests lost, all endurance gone
never again to see the dawn,
nor rising moon or sea of stars
or fiery beast where life began,
nothingness closing and close at hand.
A piercing pain of anguish felt
throughout the body – the soul does melt,
into the ground where lies the one
nothing sought, no object comes…
neither glow of life when all is done.
Now fires burn in flowing rock
forever the journey now is locked,
in a river filled with deathly deeds
derived from the evil seeds that breed,
my moments now forever in eternity’s lead.
Swept away down the river of pain
flesh boiled off and stripped of shame,
barren my soul where it now resides
exposed is the evil hidden inside,
alas the bones of lust – I cannot hide.
Fire doth rage all around me now
I thrash about in the river’s growl,
but succumb with little hope in heart
and drown within the most evil part,
lost is all – nothing left to impart.
A mere energy is all that is left
forever to drown near the river’s edge,
unreachable places no anchor to grasp
I am stuck here sinking in the river’s lust,
never to be rescued – no salvation is passed.
The glow beneath the river to Hell
have now consumed all that dwells,
a final death is coming to pass
my soul is dieing as the river casts,
to and fro - uncontrolled – seemingly forever to last.
The river drains into the lake
a fiery lake where souls do quake,
in eternity’s waters for all to see
to rest there in shame for all eternity,
not ever consumed – so all may see.
Cries from the shore of loved ones astride
the waves of fire which expanded the sides,
of the lake of fire which forever grows
gentle waves churning ever so slow,
more depth is needed – forever the river will flow.
Floating now in a sea of death
I am forever possessed in depths,
where nothingness surrounds us all
only the echoes of those who call,
unto the Lord – yet never on ears to fall.
Condemnation of souls make up the lake
all souls lost here who will never speak,
unto an Angel at the pearly gates
where resides the innocent children who wait,
for parents and family at judgment’s gate.
Lo, unto thee all who read
to cast aside the evil deeds,
within yourself and seek the light
before the days that you will die,
for from God’s judgment – I could not hide.
DWHolmes (copyright – 10-18-2005)
