Gehenna



7,000,000,000 leaves networked the tree
They bore witness to the abomination
Human skin, torn open by terrible instruments of Death
Pray that I never forget the pain

Like black ice ground against salted flesh
I bore witness to the metamorphosis
Devil flesh, birthed out into a world of War
Pray that I never forgive his grace

Layers unto layers, the affliction makes itself known
She bore witness to the evolution
Animal bone, breaking upon a land of Pestilence
Pray that I never forsake my kindred

Polarity shifts to reveal the beasts of night
He bore witness to the betrayal
Undead blood, sent into torpor from Famine
Pray that I never forgo my humanity

And betwixt the apocalypse I find myself
We shall bear witness to revelation
God's grace, showing us the sacred design of Heaven
Pray that we may yet be given mercy
For our souls are bound to the fires of Gehenna

About this poem

Another one of the three poems written in 2022 about an undead man witnessing the totality of all that lives and dies. This one is about his encounter with the four harbingers of the end of all things.

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Written on January 30, 2022

Submitted by calico5588 on March 08, 2023

Modified by calico5588 on March 08, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABXX XXXX XBXX XXBA XBBAB
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 872
Words 160
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 5

Austin Gleason

I like writing poems, among other things. Don't expect proper structure, and don't expect me to know what a heptameter is. Poems are for putting thoughts into the physical world. more…

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