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Libraries: Poetry and Song Lyrics
Published on Jan 27, 2008 10:23 pm / 1 Chapter(s) / 0 Review(s)
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[One of my many religious pieces.]

 

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Chapter 1

Chapter 1

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I go where angels
dare not tread
to a place crawling with
the walking dead
minds astray and hearts
devoured
promised all and nothing
offered
just another hell with no water
to cool their scorched tongues
far from the light of the Father
blasts of fire
make me tire
and I loose the path to the gates
where they say my eternity awaits

so what do I confess for?
I've never sinned before
it wasn't me
but a serpent coiled in a tree
he had scales and offered me fruit
offered me the spoils and the loot
knowledge and wisdom beyond all
until I heard Him call
I moved away from the snake in the tree
and have suffered the sentence given unto me

tell me, father
what's so holy about the water?
is that power not G-d's alone?
for that blasphemy, you refuse to atone
and some book on a shelf
gets to dictate if I can touch myself
or whom I lie with
oh, how your loyalties shift
denying me pleasure
claiming chasity is some treasure
rotating contradictions
unreasonable restrictions
make me doubt
all you have put out
to be the undeniable word
forged from a sword
that put down the supposed lies
of all that was impure in your eyes

so high up in your clouds
you cannot see the shrouds
of death that cover
your people and hover
over like temptations
that counteract their limitations
trapped in the webs and layers
of the deceit you've spun and it caters
to the horror building in your heart
when you realize that it's about to start

can you tell me
what it is I'm supposed to confess for?
I am not the man of G-d
who renders children to the floor
to wrestle away their clothes
and the layers of their sanity
call me a sinner
but when you stand at the gates of judgement
you will remember me

and all the words that I have spoken here
so hold them close, hold them dear
for the hour approaches and closes in
when the light will die and all of your sin
will become the truth
and all the proof
we will ever need
every word, every deed

an angel of G-d is what I am
and I have come to tell you
that your time is at hand
ticking away without a care
so with you I must share
the message that I have been given
and hope that you have listened

now return to your pew and count the beads
on your little plastic rosary
ask your virgin of stone
for a blessed rest
either way, you have
failed the test
your cries are in vain, out of fear
but do not worry, I won't leave you here
in the end, when it's your time
I will come to make you mine
and I will take you to a place

where angels do not tread
to a place seeping
with the tormented dead
minds torn and hearts
overpowered
by what was promised and
never offered
just another land void of all hope
and visions of knotted rope
tied and swinging in the breeze
ruled by that serpant in the trees
the blasts of fire
will make you tire
run quickly as I close the gates
your eternity, your fate

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