The Infernal Forest

Amiss I crossed
unknowingly into Hell’s frost,

within a mortal’s journey in a dismal wood of sin,
little I knew a divine odyssey would begin.

I awoke off the True Path!
Lord! Dip this careless flesh in your bath of wrath!

In our infernal forest, I departed from the way of light!
Oh, Divine One, with anguish deliver to me a smite!

How to say how wicked,
such a place makes the saints justly livid!

Never witnessed so rank, so dismal,
the non-christened regiments abysmal.

So savagely untamed its rough growth twas’ in this woodland!
Behind every scorched timber hid a sinful band.

The chalice of Christ’s blood dry,
to my fear, gives eyes to the dead.

I wander through the woods  
shadows dance just behind me
path once seen in darkness brood
my heart pounds in crippling fear
 
home maybe at the other end
warmth of my mother’s hearth
might be waiting to welcome
lonely journey fear stops heart  
 
I hear anguished cries of fear
the whispers of darkness intensify
harsh breathing around my feet
above the branches menacingly creaks
 
A ghoulish glow from above the trees
the moon wans as a dying man
its silver drapes a ghostly tableau
the forest is alive with death echoes
 
I hear them falter and creep
the unknown creatures, ghosts or ghouls
they cry whisper sob and weep
moaning that they lost their souls
 
Trembling with fear I run so fast
the meadow I see before me
I see my mother’s house at last
will I reach her door before they feast

It's a beautiful sunny day        
To embark on a forest fray        
A path awaits, a hidden trail        
The woods aroma I inhale        
A chance to set my mind at ease        
While searching for inner peace        
A rock upon the flowing creek        
Feeling nature I hear her speak        
Babbling water, calm and serene        
Refreshing moments in this dream        
Tranquil echoes, the chilling breeze        
Softly whistling through fallen leaves        
       
Then hell ensued, natures desire        
A rage of burning leaves on fire        
Dark secrets expose empty woods        
Souls etched in bark that never could        
Flee the darkness nor find the light        
Vulnerable prey couldn't fight        
Predators hunt, then they devour        
Victims they have overpowered        
Bodies hidden by dirt and mud        
Nearby rivers remove the blood        
Accomplices in this crime scene        
Tandemly working killing dreams        
       
Trees dying from the deepest cuts        
As nature hides all their secrets        
A world void and absent of light        
Heaven and hell are out of sight        
Perched on this observatory        
My reflective purgatory        
Here souls are lost and souls are cold        
Between the timelines getting old        
Haunted by my lifes masquerade        
Where even shadows are afraid        
To find redemption on this path        
By facing God or feel his wrath