The Beast Has My Number

"THE BEAST HAS MY NUMBER"

The windows to my soul, are shattered.
Somewhere in the darkness, my heart dwells
in impudent silence... beating.

I'm shaking still...
for the cataclysms of the past
have me hopelessly lost in my own existence.

I hear voices calling from all around...
Unable to follow any...
...or be found.
Lost in this endless maze,
It is maddening!

The darkness folds around me.
Enveloping me in it's grasp,
beckoning me to stay,
never go back!

My mind begins drifting...
Prayers slip silently from my lips.
I can utter but a whimsical reprove.

My body shudders in it's grasp.
The noose has it's hold,
I try to scream,
but can only gasp!
As my life lights up before me.

My body retches in spasms.
I claw furiously, shake violently.
While trying to free myself from this regret.
But the Serpents hold... only tightens.

I feel a presence now...
The heat feels... as though it will consume me!
It's moving closer...
The stench fills my pores.

The Beast is magnificent!
I can but cower in it's presence,
Knowing...
I shall be consumed.

In the Beasts jowls now from just one swift move.
The saliva is putrid, and burns like acid.

All that I am...
...beginning to dissolve...
...eating away my very being.

Death becomes Me.

Images pass through my mind.
Another place, another time.

Blue sky's. White clouds.
The scent of a Flower.
To feel again...
...for just a moment