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HELL UNBOUND

The golden torches of Heaven grew dim that day.
The clouds parted--
Torrents of rain and thunder loud made the
Universe quiver.
Lightning blazed across the sky.
The radience of the sun faded.
Out of this chaos a voice was heard,
"Dammed be your soul from this day forth."

Out of Heaven that day was Lucifer hurled.
His flaming crown of gold
To crawling serpents fell;
His youth and beauty
To cunning and hate;
His body was like ch ar+
Death-like and unappealing.

Into space he fell, unmeasurable area

Unknown.
Darkness was there; the light of Essence

Forever forbidden from his eyes.
In a deep corner of this pit a brightness
Like waning ember appeared.
From this glow fire sprang forth,
Heat surpassing the passion of God.

Satan cried for mercy and beckoned his God.

(But lost forever was he.)
His screams of agony were not heard;
His body writhed in the heat.
Following Satan that day were angels alike,

Tormented and punished forever.
Peace from their souls had fled.

God's wrath stormed the Heavens;
His angels cowered in fear.
The sun eclipsed.
The firmament was draped in black

Th at night;
The Uni verse of God rrern bl ed in fear.
God's voice raised above the chaos past

And all was still.

'·'My children,
Yesterday I was wronged;
And my wrath cau sed you fear.
Observe Lucifer and his followers;
For rhissh all be the future of all
Who hear Me not."

Ted Pokorny

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