Nae's Nest

“Don’t Feed The Souls”
Burned into a sign
Looking around
Is everyone blind?

What does this mean?
What could it be?
“Don’t Feed The Souls?”
Someone answer me

People are pointing
What do they see?
What is so interesting?
What could it be?

I hear a child
Saying to her mother
This one looks sad
Is there another?

The child’s mother
Looking down
Says, Don’t be silly
A heart was found

She feels nothing
Nothing at all
Just a soul
Sitting in that stall

Nearly extinct
She was saved
We intervened
Took her away

She knows nothing
She knows no pain
She is not like us
She is not the same

She lived in a world
Filled with those who were vain
We brought her here
Her life is not the same

Now she lives
In a much better place
Inside of that cage
Away from her race

I don’t understand
I can’t comprehend
What are they looking at
I followed her hand

Her finger still pointing
Pointing at me?
How is that possible?
How can this be?

I am just like you
Can’t you see?
I look around
Where could I be?

Looking outside
My picture window
The girl is staring
My heart feels low

I haven’t a door
I can not leave
Why am I here?
Who has taken me?

I try to remember
How I got here
I am confused
I am in fear

Last thing I remember
Was going to bed
Trying to sleep
Reading instead

It was a great book
Full of suspense
Anxious to read
It was intense

I read of a man
Lacking a heart
He was pure evil
But he was smart

He hunted his prey
Followed their trail
After the weakest
Those easy to sell

While they were down
In sorrow and pain
He would come in
And begin to explain

I am here for you
Just come with me
To a land of wealth
Completely pain-free

You shall be rich
Just join my team
Others will envy
Think you’re supreme

Just sign your name
On the dotted line
No reason to read it
Everything will be fine

Next I recall
Waking up here
Alone in this cage
Dwelling in fear

Now I get it
I am in a dream
Having a nightmare
Ready to scream

This terrible scene
I can’t seem to shake
Fear running down my spine
Making me quake

I begin to understand
What I have done
I gave up my life
For a land without the Son

I sold him my soul
To escaped my pain
A terrible mistake
One made in vain

I didn’t mean it
Christ is the Son
Please forgive me
What have I done?

Doomed to this hell
For all eternity
Just to escape pain
As Satan promised me

Yet here I am
In pain and sorrow
Forever to stay
Today just like tomorrow

Sitting in this cell
Rotting away
I caused my own death
Giving my soul away

The tears would not stop
I began to cry
“God, please forgive me”
And I closed my eyes

I begin to wake
Feeling deep hunger
Stirring around
I begin to wonder

Was it a dream
Or my reality
Did I betray God
Is Hell my eternity?

Just then I realise
The Son has come up
Shining upon me
Though I had given up

His warmth and love
Taking in my soul
Forever to save
Forever to behold

His Promise was given
He need not steal
His life was forsaken
His love I feel

When I enter His kingdom
All pain will go away
He gave the highest price
With His blood he paid

I will not be forsaken
Nightmare came to an end
Christ a new beginning
I’ll enter the Promised Land

by Renee Robinson