Hell Seen

 

 

Unseen, the darkness is a tsunami gateway,

engulfing every fragment of will,

builds unexpected, a shock of water filling

the lungs, chaos infesting every corner of the mind,

rational thought on fire, cindering, seared by

loveless insanity.

 

This is the inheritance that must be thrown overboard,

tossed like a corpse that is plagued with a contagion.

No room for sentimental mercy which is not mercy,

only a longing for comfort that in the end

compromises protective barriers that must be upheld.

All ties must be cut and loyalty to God,

the only link left.

 

I visited hell, shadows grabbing my every corner of flesh,

loneliness like an amputated limb,

released and thrashing, abandoned

from its fertile blood source.

I was afraid, every cell drenched in horror.

I had no voice, no substance.

I was shown hell, experienced hell

a flood, a plummeting   down  down

 

Even in that evil landscape,

my loved ones saved me,

prayers said outloud saved me,

and the haunting loosened its hold.

 

Now seen, I see

there is only God or hell –

God or

anguish, anxiety, blunt force destruction,

pounding torment, a rotting waste.

God and

life embraced,

a rapturous and difficult glory.

 

 

 

Copyright © 2020 by Allison Grayhurst

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First published in “Our Poetry Archive” October 2020

https://ourpoetryarchive.blogspot.com/2020/10/

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