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Prayers in Purgatory
muted prayers flying
like rampant raven wings
lips flapping,faith
that frayed and fluttering
tethered by bruised hearts
bound with string
buried high in the sky
deep below everything
shot down in its prime
bloody cries ricochet
drenched in dread
heavy,as hope pass away
diseased and soiled in stench
acidic rot and decay
the corroded ceiling crumble
as paint chipped walls sway
disillusion flashes
in a haze of demented darkness
smoldering embers simmer
ardent in bright red starkness
greed's regal feathers plume
blood glazed and oil slick
sizzling souls seethe
tarred and marred by pain pricks
howling like wintery winds
whisper wailing
as infected flesh fall,
fizzling and festering
bloated,bubbling,and boiling
in molten angony
and dungeonous desperation
dampen with anxiety
as walls close in
worry traps and confine
yes, fear strangles
claustrophobic minds
the heat chokes and burns,
leaving ashened brains
the only ones to excape this
are the oblivious and deranged
they have no thoughts of debt
unemployment or gas prices
none of crime,government corruption
or of the health care crisis
no concern for the planet
so go ahead cut down all the trees
no worry about guns in schools
or kids killing cause their bullied
they could care less about families
who dont even talk anymore
in this high tech world of text and email
simple conversation seems a chore
its enough to make one wonder
has everyone lost their righteous minds
and just who are the crazy ones
society has blurred that line
maybe insanity is a blessing
instead a curse...
because we are living in hell
right here on earth
**revised**
like rampant raven wings
lips flapping,faith
that frayed and fluttering
tethered by bruised hearts
bound with string
buried high in the sky
deep below everything
shot down in its prime
bloody cries ricochet
drenched in dread
heavy,as hope pass away
diseased and soiled in stench
acidic rot and decay
the corroded ceiling crumble
as paint chipped walls sway
disillusion flashes
in a haze of demented darkness
smoldering embers simmer
ardent in bright red starkness
greed's regal feathers plume
blood glazed and oil slick
sizzling souls seethe
tarred and marred by pain pricks
howling like wintery winds
whisper wailing
as infected flesh fall,
fizzling and festering
bloated,bubbling,and boiling
in molten angony
and dungeonous desperation
dampen with anxiety
as walls close in
worry traps and confine
yes, fear strangles
claustrophobic minds
the heat chokes and burns,
leaving ashened brains
the only ones to excape this
are the oblivious and deranged
they have no thoughts of debt
unemployment or gas prices
none of crime,government corruption
or of the health care crisis
no concern for the planet
so go ahead cut down all the trees
no worry about guns in schools
or kids killing cause their bullied
they could care less about families
who dont even talk anymore
in this high tech world of text and email
simple conversation seems a chore
its enough to make one wonder
has everyone lost their righteous minds
and just who are the crazy ones
society has blurred that line
maybe insanity is a blessing
instead a curse...
because we are living in hell
right here on earth
**revised**
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