Hell over me
Dr. T. Pinnock 1962 (Hartford, Ct)
Darkness and loneliness in my
cold heart, I feel.
Quiet sounds crushing me
and hurting my soul
Burning me, I suffer in quiet.
Hell has come true, the darkness
of the wind, blowing me into hell hands.
Hell crushes me into the earth, my words
yell to god, but the echoes are ignored.
Then I beg, in my suffering to hell.
But my begs are crushed into my soul.
I cry to god, pick me from the horror,
that you put upon me.
The falls down-in, whispering damn
your body into hell's soul.
I feel something staring at me,
I hide my face.
“Dissolved your heart in the
bath of blood.”
Quietly you will go insane.
By: Theodore Arthur Pinnock
Winter of 76
About this poem
What "hell" was on a 13-year-old Dr. Pinnock. Was it his cerebral palsy, the reaction to it, or the hospital to which he was confined? He blames God for his suffering. Dr. Pinnock refers to "body" and "staring.". His cerebral palsy and confinement were hell on him.
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Submitted by dr_pinnock on July 10, 2021
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