A Halloween Sonnet Fantasy

Pact with the Prince of Darkness:
A Halloween Sonnet Fantasy
Forlorn, undead on dying planet earth,
humanity extinct, I curse my birth.
Alas! I sold my soul and cannot die!
For eons, I have roamed the earth and sky
by noxious seas that drowned the firmament,
beneath vile haze that cloaked earth like a tent,
all now restored to lucid sea and sky.
Though void of life, the new-formed land is dry.
Millennia have wiped all stains away.
How slowly life evolves until the day
when humans walk this precious world again!
I dread the evil deeds I must do then,
to serve the Fiend who bought my worthless life.
O Gods, please pardon me and let me die!
Copyright © 2021 by Cheryl Batavia
Satan, Beelzebub, the Fiend, the Devil, Lucifer, the Prince of Darkness…There are numerous names for the personification of evil. Many classic myths and stories portray a character who promises to serve the Devil in exchange for granting them a favor. In this case, the character sells his soul to live on after all other human beings become extinct. The poem also tells a tale of the destruction and regeneration of the earth.
At approximately age five, I remember marching in a Halloween parade wearing a Devil costume, red with horns and a tail, and carrying a pitchfork! My siblings subsequently grew into the costume.
