MERCY SEAT
Mercy is a lie.
All Earth’s empires return to the sand.
All men return to the dust
And water washes away the earth
And mercy is a lie.
The sun boils the oceans.
The whales scream a funeral dirge
And mercy is a lie.
God casts His final judgment.
The horseman comes
And the name it says upon him is Death
And Hell follows with him
And mercy is a lie.
Will is a senior majoring in English. “While I may attempt poetry on a quiet night, I could not approach philosophy in a simple paragraph.”
