Hell Is Empty

I knock on 
Heavens door
the angels won’t
let me in for 
Hell is empty
all the devils 
dance under 
my porcelain skin 

Heaven forgive
my only sin 
I fell in Love  
I bartered every
piece of my heart
in that one moment
I came apart 
my devotion I gave it all

Heart, body and soul 
nothing belonged
all in the name of Love’s 
unfading glory
I was no longer me 
a sacrifice 
a warning sign 

do not love like me 

Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge #267. The prompt was “in that one moment“.

Clubbed with dVerse Poetics This Valentine’s Day.

For Today’s Poetics, I want you to write a love poem. Bear in mind that it doesn’t necessarily need to be romantic. It can also be dark and speak of ache and loss. It can transcend words and language. It can describe what the heart has been…