What is Hell?
The word
it conjures
red flames and heat
where fears abounds
and Pain is all.
There a devil sits
upon his throne
wielding a mighty club
denouncing sinners
as they run amok
and have a ball.
But this is just imagery
unknown
no science
almost a cartoon
a visual…
held in minds
pinned by Fear
a place to visit
or be cast
for when we think
our last breath will have eventually passed.
But what if it is real?
What if it isn’t a dim and distant land?
Swathed in mist
obscure and hidden
a place, if we’re honest
most don’t think we will ever see or visit
let alone dwell in its’ darkened depths!
What would it look like
… if it were real?
What would it contain?
Would it have colour
or be black, white, even grey?
Be a cacophony of noise
movement and pain
drudgery with no play?
What if it were pure emptiness
silence
a hole in time
suspended
amid absolute nothingness
a total absence?
No feeling
no breathing
no warmth
no hope
no life giving spark.
Just…
a total and utter void?
What if those we know
our friends
our loved ones
in their minds
were in this place?
Stuck
alone
no light
no happiness
no inner glow.
Would you then think
maybe even consider…
what strength
what courage
what amazing skill
it takes to live?
To breathe
to choose to enter each day
each affray?
Pushing through
existing
trying
looking for a ladder to climb…
Out from a pit
a hole
a cavern
a place so deep
just imagining it
could make you want to weep?
Would you listen?
Would you hold?
Would you dare to be bold?
Would you open your heart
open your mind
offer your soul?
Give those who suffer
a brief respite
by acting as a buffer?
What if Hell indeed is a place on Earth?
Words © March 2015 Michelle Payne
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