Weltschmerz

Lucretia

 

Who’d ever have figured Hell to be so close-by….Not buried in an infernal netherworld but hidden in plain sight on a nearby, almost neighboring planet that nobody seemed to be aware of nevertheless. Not harboring fire and brimstone, but endless rows of ancient graves instead. Leaving her to be the sole living soul, robbed of the art of dying. Forced to behold Earths wondrous beauty, craving it, but repudiated by it.

 

An astral castaway for all eternity……

 

God’s ways were mysterious and unfathomable; his punishments legion. To exist here amidst these banners of decay and death….the unspeakable horror of watching life, so close she could almost taste it. Percipient almost, of the righteousness of her fate.

 

Oh Lucy, Lucy....

 

Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy on me,

Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy on me…

Well if I've done somebody wrong, Lord, have mercy if you please.

 

I used to have plenty of money, the finest clothes in town.

But bad luck and trouble overtaken me, bound to get me down.

Please have mercy, Lord have mercy on me….

Well if I've done somebody wrong, Lord, have mercy if you please.

 

Keep on working now, child...

 

 

 

Done