Another Imagining

Imagine you
are currently 
breathing pure Hell
directly from a mask
while submerged 
in the cool waters
of Heaven.

Imagine
it is making you more
than ordinarily Evil.

Imagine you have never
in fact been so Evil before 
and you don’t in fact
know for certain
what the purest
most rotten version
of such air 
should feel like.

Imagine
you’ve convinced yourself
that this is the right feeling
to carry into the next world.

Imagine who you will
leave behind. 

Imagine who you will regret
leaving behind. 

Imagine that small regret
turning into self-righteousness. 

Imagine you are breathing pure Hell
and that you now believe 
this is better than pure Heaven.

Imagine the reek of your world on fire
and that you are convincing yourself
that it is not you
but the flames on the tracks
you are leaving behind
on the people you have loved.

Imagine that
the fireworks proclaiming
and celebrating
your misguided vision
of your miserable life

are the perfect backdrop
to accompany your false rear-view
of the Evil you have left behind.

Imagine
you have nothing left to lose
anyway
so why not?