Trapped in Hell.


My mother told me once of when
A young bunny ventured from his den,
And as he danced in the field and glen
He sang, laughed, and jumped around
But there were wicked things abound
And that young bunny these evils found
They whisked him up from off the ground
And the glen was left empty then.

They took him to a world of man's design
A place where God's light would not shine
A Hell of steel beneath the brine
Where misery's echoes boomed.
And all around him there were others
Fellow beasts, all sisters and brothers,
Locked up, all with one another.
In the deep sea-dark, entombed.

The first was a fox, quite eloquent in word
But when she was taken, her pleas went unheard
Her mouth forced to curl, like a kitten with yarn.
She was forever happy, abandoning her charm
The poor little fox had been completely replaced
All that's left is a husk, a forced smile on its face.

To the flirty crow, it happened as well
Despite how hard he fought, he also fell
When he awoke he had no feelings at all
Not a single emotion he could ever recall
Now the crow can never actually lose his "cool"
He got what he always had wanted... the fool.

Even the friendly bear could not escape
Being deformed forever was his fate
Into a monster he was made, and with it came powers
Now full of spirit, he no longer cowers
But that power came at a cost
And his true personality was lost.

The last of the four was a dog fraught with fear
He knew what happened to his friends dear
He fled from his master, his hiding for naught
And when he was found he bit and he fought
But in the end, he too was taken and changed
Now even his manners are cruel and deranged.

The dog howled, the crow said naught,
The fox denied she had even been caught,
The bear cried, "This is who we are."
And embraced his pain.
But the bunny stood up and shook his head
And rising from his metal bed
He said, "For now, I am not dead,
And I will break free instead!"

I wonder what became of the bunny?
Did he flee to the world out there?
To guess his fate, we shouldn't dare
Perhaps his tale closed well.
But for all the beasts trapped in the Nether
The flock that could not work together
Are sure still trapped in Hell.
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2 | Jun 9th 2022 14:17