The Matter of Hell

Always, IT Comes Down to Battle

Thousands of years of this stupid struggle,
and yet how many millennia must
we spend our passion in wars’ battle lust
when we have far along our true mettle
proven to a lord who stars can settle
and whose prowess rings the Bang! What is just
in this reaping of souls too young, robust
innocence fed to fires, babes in kettles
boiling in oil as though an incense to
some mighty or almighty power right
enough to demand or deserve—what do
the righteous when conviction proves the night?
If God be not compassion, let Hell burn;
may we dancing in its flames ever churn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

David M Pitchford
27 Feb 2009