Gazing upon the Infernal Fires

Gazing upon the infernal fires And that is when they appeared to me Those beings.. who were like flaming fire yet appeared as men They spoke of the way out Yet their eyes were hollow Lifeless, as if gouged Black, as the void around them I prayed silently as they made direction with their long jagged hands And made remembrance of which way they guided That I might turn the other way Neither above nor below, shall I bend my life to the wretched