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big 'ol stupid (Free verse) by skaskowski
i am
Drifting back towards a dark tapestry,
sriking it gently and feeling it give to pressure,
indicating a hole in the stone wall behind it?
as I slide further backwards the tapestry
enters the hole
and then brushes against my head,
before making its final stroke across my forehead
and dropping back into place over the hole?
Drifting backward towards water?
drifting over liquid fire?
a waterfall of flames adorns this glimmering cavern..
my reflection on the orange and red water quivers
in the waves created by my rapid rushing?
Wind pressure exerted on me pushes my hair forward
as I drift to a stop just in front of a marble staircase?
I allow my feet to drop down
and once again concord with gravity?
This staircase is stained
with the blood of innocent children?
children pushed down by angry mothers
to crack their heads open on the way down
before they splash into the angry water?
dead children?s faces
occasionally poke out of the water
and cry for help,
their eyesockets eaten empty
and their mouths twisted in agony?
I climb the stairs carefully,
being cautious not to slip
on the pools of blood?
I approach the summit
at a much faster rate than I had previously thought plausible?
And I stand at the apex of a pyramid
glancing for miles in every direction?
Here, down here the sky is composed
of sparkling sapphire and firey ruby?
the walls are coated in diamond and gold dust
that speaks
with a myriad of prismatically produced colors?
The mist rising from the water
finally meets my nose and
my senses perceive the stench of putrid flesh?
Babies torn from their mothers? nipples
and cast down into the water like skipping stones?
This land reeks of old memories?
this world reeks of ancient curses
and boney arms that jut from open graves?
Infant laughter is the music of this universe?
screaming?
screams?
they all are dead bloated
burning warty
fried
and boiled in their own juices?
I decide that I am through
and float forward through the tapestry
through the darkness
and back into my chair?
Never again will I go there.
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