Fire and Brimstone

 

Surrounded by the scent of

               Fire and brimstone,

Closed in by darkness

               Awash and alone

 

Stars and black voids

               Swirl ‘round my head

Succumbing to loss

               My limbs like lead

 

As the body abates

               And the heart swells

I balance between Heavens

               And fire washed Hells

 

The life I have lived

               Less than I’d planned

Highlights my weakness

               As glowing coals fanned

 

Aflame and alone

               Into darkness spent

Fire and Brimstone

               Surrounded by scent

 

I pass from this world

               Into oblivion beyond

Wishing a return

               To choice filled dawn

 

That I may reverse this

               Hell damning throng

With one more chance

               To right the wrong

 

Weights on the scale

               Which judge my soul

And rebalance my days

               That I may die whole

 

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