Apparition

Heavily secluded from all but faith, a family in hiding

from the world

Firm praying, blind loyalty, reciting words divine,

from the eldest to the

youngest one

Their sheer belief in the son’s return, if not stayed

true, in the abyss would

burn

The apparition, a messenger of the eternal scripture

Phantom of shine, disembodied and descent of heaven

The apparition, her appearance was so real

Without suspicion, all the prayers of the family were

finally heard

On a humid spring evening when the idyll couldn’t be

more perfect

Out from their flower garden, through the blinders came

an overwhelming light

They gathered on the porch and stood and watched in awe

Angelic deity, so clean, like the purest dream

Their fingers laced together, as they dropped to their

knees worshipping

Happy pearly tears, oh such beauty lives

Sweet angels dei look up on me, the apparition spoke

with a silky yet whirring

voice of wonder

You have been faithful to the omnipotent, I come to

grant you a challenge of

life

Time to show your true worth to the Lord

A paradise awaits the few undoubting

To measure up and prove them self abiding

Fulfill the needs of dominus

Then it disappeared, the unearthly seer, left the

witnesses impaired

Now they knew for sure that praying was the door to his

holiness’ embrace

The parents and younglings went inside and began

chanting pages

In front of the altar that they had built next to the

tepid white tile store

The apparition, she came and gave them hope

The apparition, why would she dupe, poor the people

thought

Their black bound bible got scrutinized, inside the

father’s head a voice would

rise

Which said

An unbeliever (the filthy child) among your flock (I

order you to punish)

Your scrupling daughter (that whoring freak) is against

us (and make her bleed)

He yanked her arm and pulled her outside, shoved her to

the dirty wall of the

tool shed

While hearing the apparition

Whipped her good ‘til it got messy, grabbed an axe he

was steered by frenzy

Just do it the voice kept ranting

As he cut away his little girl, someone walked up

behind him screaming begging

Cried in panic

He turned around and saw his loving wife, without a

blink he then knew to

attack her

Voice kept praising

Feeding her the hatchet as the apparition kept

applauding the spouse’s

onslaughter

Limbs was flying

The only child remaining was his body who saw the whole

thing from the kitchen

window

Shocked in terror

Then the voice said I shall appear, you have proven

yourself worthy

Bring me the last life of your family

Called the boy out then came the light, there it was

the apparition

Reached out for his traumatized son’s small hand

Free from sin you’ll come with me

The apparition, a messenger of the eternal scripture

Phantom of shine, disembodied and descent of heaven

The apparition, her appearance was so real

Without suspicion, all the prayers of the family were

finally

The apparition changed form into a contorted creature

Held the child in its bosom and vanished in a laughter

The father now roams around the little flower garden

God’s work he did it with pride, the final lock on the

gate is now open