To The Man Who Did An Unspeakable Act by Spencer Gallup

To The Man Who Did an Unspeakable Act

The fire’s last embers smell strongly of flesh and rot 

repent for the clock still ticks on

it is not too late for you yet

but time runs short for your repentance

Did you really think you could get away with it?

That simply burning it would solve it?

What you have done was heinous

and yet, if you do not repent, they will come for you

and will make you suffer a pain that will be felt for eternity

almost like being in hell itself

sure, you can run but even you can run only for so long

the smell of burning flesh and rot will also accompany you

helping them find you

do you really want to risk not repenting?

Go now and make your choice.

Spencer Gallup is a poet, and a Legal Assistant from Mississauga, Ontario. His work has been published with Poet In Verse Journal, The Raven Review and Otherwise Engaged Literature and Arts Journal. He writes and explores themes of nature, mental health, disability, authenticity and Autism. He is a member of The Mississauga Writers Group. His Instagram handle is poet.sg.