My Visit with the Devil
by Brianna Barberi
Awakened by the sounds of despair and longing,
The air thickened-pulling me deeper into an abyss,
Multiple heads-their eyes piercing into my blackened soul,
Peeling back layers-exposing the rotted flesh, I wonder.
Not alone but no one present,
All of my senses stimulated-I am desperate.
It then entered. A smoked fog of sadness and internal destruction,
It reeked of rot, of lies, of disease.
My mind filled with questions that made no logic,
I could not make out the words-backwards,
Everything rushing in-mass confusion.
I can see this is what it wants,
It feeds off the pain that streams through my veins,
The ache my heart feels as it pumps deeply into my chest-a heartbeat that can be heard throughout.
Death is what I yearn for-to not feel this torment,
This is eternal damnation.
Death is what I long for-no more pain,
This is punishment-this is judgement.
Death is what I ask for,
I will never be released from this endlessness.
Forever here with the uninvited,
My visit with the devil.
The air thickened-pulling me deeper into an abyss,
Multiple heads-their eyes piercing into my blackened soul,
Peeling back layers-exposing the rotted flesh, I wonder.
Not alone but no one present,
All of my senses stimulated-I am desperate.
It then entered. A smoked fog of sadness and internal destruction,
It reeked of rot, of lies, of disease.
My mind filled with questions that made no logic,
I could not make out the words-backwards,
Everything rushing in-mass confusion.
I can see this is what it wants,
It feeds off the pain that streams through my veins,
The ache my heart feels as it pumps deeply into my chest-a heartbeat that can be heard throughout.
Death is what I yearn for-to not feel this torment,
This is eternal damnation.
Death is what I long for-no more pain,
This is punishment-this is judgement.
Death is what I ask for,
I will never be released from this endlessness.
Forever here with the uninvited,
My visit with the devil.
Brianna Barberi is a 37-year-old published author from New Jersey. Her poetry collection book "Echoes of Me" can be purchased worldwide by Austin Macauley Publishing. Her poem "A Wish for a Wish" was featured and can be read in Poets' Choice book, Desires.