The Beast's Number

Dark leaves fervently swirl
Black clouds gloomily curl
Clouds with lightening to hurl
Downward the earth shall whirl
In the murk where’s the pearl
........The creature’s wings unfurl

The wind howls swiftly past
The trees shake to their last
Ships capsize, break their mast
The sea’s tempest so vast
On the air spells are cast
........The creature’s rising fast

Wailing fills silent space
Vile filth consumes the place
Death increases its pace
Killing the human race
Man’s soul has left its case
........The creature shows its face

Time starts to move quicker
Petty men will bicker
All the world grows sicker
The malign will snicker
Dead shall lie the vicar
........The creature’s eyes flicker

The earth starts to quake
Spring turned to acid lake
In the skull crawls a snake
There’s nothing left to take
Feasting demons partake
........The creature is awake

The skies begin to pour
The earth breaks at the core
World filled by death and gore
Those in need they ignore
Releasing a great roar
........The devil lives once more.