Tenebrosi Diabolus , Funesta Pugna

Tenebrosi Diabolus , Funesta Pugna The snake that slithered in lay quite still as if testing my shaky resolve, my weak will I saw its blackness and that shining skin mesmerized , my body was so quickly drawn in So fast did it flicker its forked tongue warning bells hell, none were ever rung This great danger set upon me a great thrill that this opponent could very easily kill Inside my guts turned to quivering jelly sickness rushed up deep into my belly A wave of nausea wrapped my daring heart why, why had I chosen this battle to start My brain screamed to run, run quickly away damn, this is no damn time to stupidly play Closer I stepped to deliver a swift hit it coiled up, this demon from the dark pit I heard the hiss as it struck out at me on these lightning feet my body did flee I looked to see my opponent ready for more then I saw that baseball bat beside the door One quick step and that weapon was mine now we could do battle , I felt right fine That sinister gleam from the demon's eyes told me it was ready, ready for all my tries My resolve was, end this combat early tonight no more nightly repeats of this epic fight With courage I moved in to deal that final blow gain victory that would ease my troubled soul A flash and a strike but the snake had missed such relief, then anger, man was I pissed I felt the smash as the bat struck that head no more fighting this night, the demon was dead I saw this dark limp body just vanish away never to return again as I knelt down to pray Robert J. Lindley, O2-11-2015