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Just wanted to share a poem I wrote a few days ago. I also posted this on poetfreak.com.
The Human Sea


a space once filled with life
seems filled with emptiness
when every single breathing thing
leaves for the abyss

railroad tracks run by a town
once effervesced with glee
whos inhabitants one day left
to join the human sea

behind they left an empty space
where darkness holds its court
and satan smiles upon the void
as grief and loss consort


on a train a man flies by
surveying the gloam
how sad he thinks
as he pours a drink
for this was someoneâs home!

but the train flies past
the empty town
with devastating speed
carrying itâs cargo
to the vast human sea

the human sea filled with
the blood sweat and fear
but in the sea there is not found
a single human tear

for man has forgotten how to cry
and hes lost his innocence
drowned in numbing chemicals
sadness turns to sin

a man may walk upon the tracks
to reach the lonely town
but all who stray the iron path
in the sand will drown

it is this path i chose to walk
to see it for myself
overcome with desire
to catch a glimpse of hell

i set upon the iron path
with wonder in my eye
until the whistle of a train
signaled i must die

the iron horse bore down on me
the sand offering no refuge
my death
rolled down the track

in an instant the mind disappears
signaling the end

my sweat now flows to the human sea
my fears now walk with Christ
my blood now rains down upon
hellâs darkest nights

and now my empty shell rests
in the sands beside the town
where life has left
for the human sea
to drown

emptiness now fills the space
where life used to be
death grins at the living
and runs down towards the sea