IntotheBlue - Second Chance

Second Chance

Followed the light

Walked the stairway

At the Gates I told my story

But no entry comes my way

I sit on clouds just waiting

Why do I not receive a key

What have I done

Why the hesitating

Wings of Angels blacken

Harp strings snap

Insane harmonies

Halos crack

The Creator summoned

Fingers he runs across the page

He looks at me

And sees within my cage

Lightning bolts shatter mind

Lesser gods are summoned

I hear Hades smile

And can sense the hounds are coming

Finger beckons me forward

A question I am asked

Why should I let you in

And in light let you bask

I tell Him I am scared of hell

I do not want the fire

He looks at me and shakes his head

And of me he does tire

But you have not yet lived

You let fear be your guide

There were dreams for you to follow

But you chose to hide

Hades arrives and whispers

A new decision has been made

The Gates open for me

And by Creator I am bade

Renounce your fear He tells me

And from it you must turn

Give your fear to Hades

For it is he who took your dreams to burn

He saw the day your spirit died

He tore life from your soul

He admits that he was wrong

And should not have taken the angels from your side

A second chance to offer you

Is what he requests from me

So before you lay your dreams

Go live them and be whole

Then next time you reach the Gates

You will have earned your key

© Steve Ellis (intotheBlue)

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