Keeping the Devil at Bay

Lost souls around every corner
a razor crosses pink skin
which allows blood to fall
into warm water where my body lies.
The Devil rings my arm of every last drop
for one more toy to add to his collection,
my eyes fade closed overwhelmed by the dark.


A self-imprisonment of the mind
that is shackled into the darkness of my soul
reminds me of the addiction that binds me still.
Words of the Roman Poet echoes inside of me
It is easy indeed to fall into hell;
But to climb back out and walk amongst the sky of blue
Seems at the moment to be an impossible task.


Another one of God’s sins bandages my body
a sin for a sin keeps the Devil at bay.
For pride is all I have left to reach out for.
To gasp out for breath which awakens my soul
levitating my body to a higher plain.
Discarded, but free to climb from the shadows
Out of the darkness, back to where the sky is blue.