Hunger,
Starvation,
Bite my sweet slithering tail.
Lust,
Greed,
Another dreary tale.
Of men
And their floating voices
I speak in tongues
Of unheard vices.
Flashing red,
Streaks of anger
Run!
And hide child,
Not a moment to linger.
Close your eyes
Shut your ears
Acknowledge not your fragile fears.
Broken windows
Of the abandoned castle,
Shrieking skies
Trembling heartbreak.
Rise,
My fallen cursed angel,
The laborious trek.

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(2019)
The inspiration for this poem was Dante's Inferno. I read that after reading Dan Brown's Inferno, and somehow it just made me feel like people deserve to escape hell, no matter what kind of person they've been in life. No one deserves to be tortured for eternity. I still believe in positive reinforcement and it's effects on a person's character and life choices.