A Leap for the Faithless

The first word is always the hardest.
It's a leap of faith into the unknown.
I've become the Pied Piper.
I will be Charon,
I will guide you through Hades.
The cover of this book
will read like a divine comedy
"Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate"
This is an Odyssey but I'm no Odysseus.
This is the anti-hero's journey.
This is a journey to a lost paradise.
Follow me home,
to the bars on pleasure island
where you will never be thirsty.
To the whore houses,
where you will never be alone.
To the lake of fire,
where we will sit on it's shore
and smoke cigarettes.
This is the journey of the damned.
Is it in you?
Can you take that first step?
Take a vacation into desperation,
I welcome you.