Lies, like shadows, for pride, a shadowed guise,
for lust, truth is veiled beneath cloudy skies,
Fleeing from God’s eyes, hence, with defiant cries,
Lies I celebrate, my sin unseen, veiled beneath clouds,
No pleas for mercy can soften my heart, nor sorrow’s tear,
Pride’s fortress is strong, with no love for God, motives clear,
A tale of woe, when for our own, and earthly gain adhere.
Lusty secrets kept in days on earth, truth in shrouds,
I wept not for innocence, to Hell! Embrace the ember glow,
Deceit woven with motives meant to let desire flow,
I did not care that I did not know what I did not know.
But never did I seek to know, lo, such torment
in the heart, a puzzle doth grow in reflection
hard to ascertain, hands writhing with affliction.
No demon in Hell to hear my benediction,
I struggle to construe my ignorance, too late to lament,
No tears allowed in Hell’s abode, mercy in restrain,
Doom’s darkest edicts, Hell’s prison, hearts in pain.
Without Heaven’s hope, only Hell to maintain.
To escape the torment, if only born a second time,
Drunk with sin’s bitter cup, God’s Spirit withdrew.
I ran away when God, in grace, did my heart pursue,
my choice to deny faith, grace could not my soul imbue,
Now the lies exposed in God’s light, now the darkness is mine.
WoPoLi 
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