[SamuraiAlchemistNinja]

When I wrote this sometime last spring, it was right off the top of my head. I understood it when I wrote it...lmao

Satan's List

A sudden darkness unveils itself;
It yet remains to be
But peculiar I took myself
To its home beyond the sea

A sparring house I came up to
Where men fought men who fought
A list of names that Satan knew-
And of an angel's thoughts

The dim light reflected in their eyes,
Like the soft glow of the moon
The truth in all their starry lies
Came too quickly; left too soon

And an officer he did not see
Whose patrol was in the night
A price to pay to watch the sea
Of dark and perils fright

A light step they sought to take
But fell instead on ice-
As right turned into pure mistake;
Cold death was not suffice

The list they put into my hand-
A few names newly cut;
The lines I did not understand
And uttered a quick "what?"

A bony finger from the men
Pointed to one line right then
And said I'd return once again
Written right there in plain pen

A smile curled about the lips
Of Satan's red rose mouth-
Taken of men's blood sweet iron sips
He was from the deep black "south"

The line henceforth misunderstood
Had laid my life to rest-
The line that spoke told no good;
My name stirring among the hell-bound rest