Fallen

I hit the earth at speeds surpassing all

And dug in deep as dirt smothered my back;

The daylight came then disappeared to black

And left me buried with my broken soul.

As eons dripped away at timeless pace,

I slept and waited for the time to pass,

My thoughts were lost remembering the past;

My dreams were haunted by a vivid face.

I clawed the earth to sink much further still

And hid my scars from surfaces above;

I fell in ancient chasms void of love

And plummeted through chambers void of will.

My hope lay shattered, scattered all around,

As madness quickly dug its claws in deep,

The demons worked their way into my sleep

And tore my body up upon the ground.

As my mistakes entombed me like a cave

And darkness overcame eternally,

I cast my soul into a blackened sea

And let it sink beneath the icy waves.

And as I reached the furnaces of hell,

I let my body buckle in the heat.

Deserve it all in essence of the feat,

To lie and blister where at once I fell.

But do not pity me, I am to blame,

My choices choked the love I had forgot

And as my heart and soul begin to clot,

I disappear among the burning flames.

Copyright © 2012 by Simon Austin