After life

Rain tossed upon the Earth, arose a dreaded day

A sudden crackle and then a shot; hearts had broken in dismay

Mourners gathered for a shilling or two, fake tears rolling down their eyes

The raven man mounted onto the stirrup of his stallion

Shocked in a surprise

He had sought out justice - killing the madman

But it had seemed to him

Whence the gossip jumped in and out of ears

He was condemned and subdued

A day or two passed by

And he found himself ready to say goodbye

The trees lashed at him; the wind cut him

He loomed over the ground, the rope gripping onto his skin

The world blurred for hours

And in the distance, he could see towers

He crawled to the fazed sight

Then stretched his arms to the light

Was this hell or heaven – he did not know

He knelt before his judgment

And the light did not seem like his foe

First, it threw him far

Somersaulting him in the air

And then he glinted like a star