Scourge in Silk
Location
Question the way you live,
What meaning do you give?
Answers never there,
not even in evening prayer.
On one unforgivable day
you will have the chance to stray.
Before you make the mistake
to join the devil at the stake
you will see the price you could pay.
Into the web you shall go
if you are sent to the world below.
Regardless of their creed
they have committed a terrible deed.
Unable to rest in their tomb
Their pain will resume.
Perhaps you will change your course
and relinquish the role of dark horse.
There is no need to worry,
for you are not alone on this journey.
It is just a peek inside
Aragog will set the stride.
King of the eight legged furry.
The spider will be your guide
and leaves no place to hide.
Embrace your ultimate fear
this journey shall last a year.
On his back to the first strand
you see those who disobeyed command.
To betray those who lead
a century to endure is guaranteed.
Instead of a stab in the back,
red flames turn strands carbon black.
Encased in a coffin of silk
burning only relived by milk
a tonic which they lack.
Along this path you will see
the couple known as Adam and Eve.
They did not trust the lord.
His only request they ignored.
They reach and yelp,
but you must not help.
The wedded blaze is waiting
for those who enable the hating.
You picture your boss at work
although he is a jerk
and at times unjust
He is a leader you must trust
to continue as a loyal clerk.
Along you shall travel
to witness the web unravel.
As you approach the center
you will meet the pretender.
The innermost strand is the end
you will meet those who bend.
deep down you will crawl
into an everlasting pit thieves fall.
Cold, wet, and full of fear
they can be certain the end is not near.
Each wall is unique
yet all divides seem bleak
the regions vary to most severe.
Those who steal time
are just as guilty of crime.
As they descend away from light
strapped with watches on notch too tight.
Look across and you will see the abuser
Stabbed by the words of the accuser
Cover your ears to Chris Brown
as he receives a beat down.
Speak not a word
here only silence is heard.
Liars devour tainted tongues
falsity burns their soiled lungs
unable to expel the poison incurred.
An opening will appear
to those who adhere.
Aragog climbs through the hole
through the spiders that patrol.
Was the answer you found
deep down underground
enough to keep you away
from the temptation to stray?