Fuelled,
Bodies supplied,
Hade’s flame salutes,
Rising applause of deaths tithe,
Burning.
Bodies,
Consumed flesh
Fodder for our blaze,
Feeding the ravenous inferno,
Consumed.
Silent,
My offering,
Departed from this world,
Conflagrations feast gratefully given
Devoured.
It’s a dark poem, to be sure, but there is also something that draws the reader in and encourages reading – maybe like how people are drawn to observe disasters like fires and car wrecks. Don’t really want to see it but can’t quite turn away. Of course, anything with Hades, and I’m in! Always a great symbol with many complex facets. “Rising applause of deaths tithe” is a powerful image. This one was also more fun read out loud with some dramatic tones here and there. Nice.