A Letter to the Devil
By Ocean of Truth
How much of your soul are you willing to lose
Flirting with the
devil and the four horsemen of hell was never such a necessity
For
there are two innocent souls stuck in this fortress of conflict
And
I’m left to decifer these riddles streaming from your subconscience
You’re lost in the shadow of your past life, this cloud is all that
remains
Build anew or we shall surely perish
This is
why I must make this deal with the devil
To trade for the structure
of a reasonable life
Alone is how it seems I must trek
With
the weight of two on my shoulders, and their fates as well
To hold
this burden I must leave my life behind
In the hands that forged
my contract in the fires of hell
I await patiently your coup
de grace that has been looming for far too long
Forgiveness has
never sounded so absurd
No one can understand our indiscretions,
or our choices
Heedless and headfirst we plunged
Though
when I broke surface you were nowhere to be seen
Floating aimlessly
through your puzzles crafted of words
Yet laced with the venom of
your love
Intertwined so carelessly with mine
Only we shall
judge the mechanics of our lives
So-called advocates
want nothing more than death, destruction, and loss
No thoughts
of mercy or betterment.
The Brutus of our modern day tragedy
And they show no mercy for these innocent souls
Only cares are
for personal gain and shallow purposes
The moon, my only
ally, shall lend me the power
To vanquish the abominable
Hard times require hard decisions, but the choice has never
been easier
And your angry façade, at first glance, seems no more
than a tool
To push me away, like unwanted rationalities
Will I ever be more than the easy decision?
The lesser of two
evils?
The convenience factor?
Still your swelling regret
pains me more
Than your whispered words in the dead of the night
And I’m waiting for you to come out of your cocoon
To see the
creature that lies beneath
The moth or the butterfly
Pest,
or beauty
And this confrontation looms over my head
Like
a broken limb, waiting to fall
Yet we are shackled by these false
pretenses and broken promises
The time is now, though it feels
like never
And the excuses are outweighing your priorities
As this vodka dilutes my essence worse than your moral values
But
my patience is running thinner than the blood that flows through my
veins
Lost in this flurry of nausea and indecision