Inferno

My Inferno

I woke up here as if from a dream,
By the engine's horn that screeched a scream
The scream that only I know from death,
As I walk around with a chill in my breath

Hot as hell in the place,
But cold around my face,
Is this a dream within a dream?
I question much, on this train, I lean

The conductor calls dressed in black, with a crimson tie and crimson shoes
"All aboard ol' Lucifer, those who have no more to lose"
There was only me standing around
When the man stared and made no sound

I hopped on the train and asked where it led
The man said, "only one place ahead"
A place I chose, where no one wins
The place ahead, paradise of sins

I asked him why, and begged for an answer
He looked at me and said, "what is cancer"?
The engine screamed
So soft it seemed

Yet piercing drums
Of ears they're from
Reaching toward a ledge
Which he called "the edge"

The conductor yelled as I dwelled
What is this land that I beheld
I heard their cries
I saw their eyes

When kicked aside
I could not hide
Scolded to walk
I heard a squawk

A beast arose in the sky
Seen by none it flew so high
The train then passed
As I stood aghast

These fields before me,
Have never seen glory,
as the beast came down
with a screeching sound

With no where to run
the beast had won
With its claws so fine
To my skin it confined

And with a great shove
I soared up above
With its claws digging in
I felt the pain of my sin

With a second cry,
I felt myself fly,
dropped down into a pit,
Next to a demon now I sit

Beelzebub is his name
And flesh is his game
Flies buzz in his domain
As blood poaches in a drain

Ravens feed on skin
As punishment for sin
Those who indulge too much
Become corroded in his clutch

The ravens then attack
Ripping and tearing my back
Blood spills
As tears fill

My eyes are soaked
And out they're poked
Then it all comes back
When this hell turns black

The screams of death return
When the flames rise and burn
The engine roars again
Screams multiplied by ten

The conductor calls
And the souls crawl
Awaken from their slumber
I am taken under

As I reached my new destination
The son of Satan gave me this divination
Mammon then said,
"Glance here at what lies ahead

Your place is right next to the dead
Keep it up and it will be your head
What good is your money if you're blood is shed
So look towards a charity and do not dread

If greed prevails, it's your face in gold
Drowned within the cauldron I hold
Take heed in my gracious providence
Or I will show you behavior so ominous

Mammon rose his hands when blue flames followed
Engulfed in the fire, I was then swallowed
The crimson man swept me away
And once again on this train I stay

Racing down the track
There's no turning back
Guided on my journey through hell
With nothing but my soul to sell

There is no God when I scream for relief
There is no one to save me from grief
Alas this journey has just begun
If only there was more I could've done

There is no sun behind this darkness
Trapped in this pit, my body a carcass
My soul is dammed in this land
Stranded and alone in the devil's hand

Stopped at the next station
The smell of sex wreaks this situation
Greeted by the demon king Asmodeus
The screams and moans are torturous

Sexual limbs are torn off those sent here
While the blood drips down the victims ear
Dogs come and go like a one night stand
Ripping and tearing and grinding like sand

Suddenly I feel a cold chill in the air
My body shivers so much I can't bear
The feeling of slime wraps around me
It blinds and deceives, for I can not see

Taken to its hole
It crushed my soul
Suffering in the pit of its stomach
Pyro shows hell's true havoc

Devouring anyone who has ever lied
They boil and dissipate, while in acid, they're fried
No way to escape the truth
Trapped inside a torturous truce

Stirred by roars of engines
Within the stream Iblis tears tendons
From head to toe all is crushed
Put under his throne the imperious are hushed

No pride no more
All of that, thrown out the door
Cocky ways are turned away
These souls are crushed and
here they lay

Finally off this train, the demons escape my head
Greeting me at the gate, is Judas of the dead
He gives me a hug and a kiss on the cheek
Then stabs my back, making me weak

Fallen angels drag me in the city
The part of hell that's even more shitty
A waterfall of boiling blood
Pouring down, the cause of flood

Souls of the worse kind
Deformed and left behind
Betrayers on earth
Left here, no dime they're worth

Buried and paralyzed they're trapped
And in linen they are then wrapped
Water boarded by the water fall
Doomed to drown and feel so small

Walking down the road in the city of Sorrow
The lady Pontianak stalks and follows
Down below another crevice in Gehenna
This lady looks for prey on her agenda

Her fortress is where bad men reside
The very reason worlds divide
Those who rape, shove, mock, and threat
All those who made a fret

She devours them all
Ripping out organs and letting them fall
Fall to the depths beneath
Using only her sharp nails and teeth

The abusers become abused
As the lady laughs, amused
Vengeance is served
To fit what's deserved

I walk away with screams in mind
This last section, most hard to find
Then a cloud forms so thick and gray
It swoops me up with such dismay

Only the worst of worse are called here
The prison of fate is what they fear
But I saw no fear, I saw my home
The place I felt safe to roam

But then there was a roar
Behind my room's door
I turned the knob and saw my crime
I saw the blood and froze in time

Covering my hands were blood so red
Now I see were this journey lead
Standing in back was the man I feared
Heart racing, my mind was cleared

He charged, I ran
But bigger the man
He rushed, I fell
This is my hell

My father, my Satan
My home was haven
My sins so tragic
My death traumatic

Death repeating
The pain of the beating
Awaken now
I make no sound

This night horror ends
I must make amends
God forgive
I want to live

~ Alexander*