Where Lies Hell
Heaven and hell, both lie within
We can choose love or can choose sin
By employing bestowed free will
We are the thoughts we ourselves spin
Fears and desires, the seeds we till
Misaligned from love, soul falls ill
As we engage in needless strife
Free only when our heart is still
Ego wielding a butcher’s knife
Heeds not cadence of love bliss rife
Plunging headlong in a dark realm
Distanced from true purpose of life
With love no longer at the helm
Dark fears and desires overwhelm
By our own hand we create hell
We’re to blame; who may we condemn
Even as hell sounds it’s death knell
If we so choose, all can be well
Simply shifting from head to heart
Where gong of truth sounds as love’s bell
Hell’s when estranged souls stand apart
Heaven’s ours adding love to cart
We thus are where we choose to be
Let God guide the life course we chart
06-March-2023
Hell Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Robert James Liguori
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