Disciples of Abaddon

Those that have known me for a considerable amount of time probably know that I have been working on a "universe" of religious horror fiction. This poem is told from the perspective of a main character known as Khaen (pronounced caw-'en) and was written and recorded for my band Ashes of Abaddon. Have a listen!

Copyright 2012 Ashes of Abaddon

I’ve walked the earth from the dawn of man
Without a place to lay my head
Condemned to solitude and isolation
Father, see what you have made!

Murder of millions without shame or regret

The blind, they claim to see

Corruptive power and corrosive greed

Hypocrites! The enemy!

D.O.A. Disciple of Abaddon

I am every blood stained hand

D.O.A. Disciples of Abaddon

Against the world we stand

History rewritten with a blinded eye

A sacred, holy writ

They claim to serve a master never known

Into his face I spit

My sinless sin damned me to this fate

My darkened mind now light

Never again a scapegoat to become

Unto my end I will fight!

by Derek Herzberg

"Christianandapollyon" by H. C. Selous and M. Paolo Priolo - The pilgrim's progressfrom this world to that which is to comeby John Bunyanwith notes by Rev Robert Maguireand illustrations by H. C. Selous and M. Paolo PrioloLondon, Cassell, Petter and Galpin c. 1850available online at http://www.galaxy.bedfordshire.gov.uk/webingres/bedfordshire/vlib/0.information_reference/art_gall_fant_bunyan_chrn_comb_apoll.htm. Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christianandapollyon.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Christianandapollyon.jpg