The Manipulative Monster

I am a beast that corrupts the mind
I am the beast that makes you blind
I am always hungry and on the helpless I feed
I destroy their homes; I rob them and let them bleed
 
Yet people love me, love that never ends
Even if it is the death of their family or friends
But I am nothing, yet I am everything I promise to be
I made those people blind, they will never see me
 
They will never glimpse the true me; a sin
For I destroy, kill, plunder, and cheat and that’s just when I begin
I leave my victims bleeding, hungry, dead or poor
Yet everything I give you, you always want more
 
I laugh at the foolishness of those humans that fall for my trick
They fall for my illusions and lies, until they fall sick
And regret all they have done, but it is ever so late
They gave me everything and I gave them only hate
 
Until they hated and hated and it was all for nothing
And I laugh and dance at their stupidity and sing
They pray for forgiveness and everything they lost
Yet nothing comes back, that is my expensive cost
 
Are you still wondering what I am? What is my true form?
I promise you everything and I keep you safe and warm
But only for a while, until you fall too deep in that love for me
And lose everything, or even die. What could I possibly be?
 
You love me beyond the word of love, yet you cower
Still can't guess what I am? I'll tell you. My name is Power