The descent into Darkness,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Struggling through the fires of Hell,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brimstone filling my senses<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As demons surround me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lower and lower into the depths,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Agony leeching into my soul<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As I watch the miserable wretches<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tormented and twisted,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Their sins reflected a million fold;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Breaking bodies and spirits<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As I remember the Fall:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From the highest peak to the darkest<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dungeon, the pit of despair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And yet in my heart still burns<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The spark of Hope, of Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And I will climb from the fiery lake<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And drag the One with me<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whom I descended to find and save<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From eternal damnation and pain,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even if they fight me on the journey<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Back into the Light, all dross<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Burnt away to purity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The descent into Darkness, Struggling through the fires of Hell, Brimstone filling my senses As demons surround me. Lower and lower into the depths, Agony leeching into my soul As I watch the miserable wretches Tormented and twisted, Their sins reflected a million fold; Breaking bodies and spirits As I remember the Fall: From the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/katabasisFightingDemons.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1591"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1592,"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591\/revisions\/1592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romancetwentyfourseven.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}