The Devil's Seed

This came from my confusion and anger about the cruelty people can commit, and I realized how close we all are to doing just the same. It may have several similarities to my life, but fear not; it is fictional. I used situations I knew to relate, and I th

 

What have I done? How did I get here?

There’s blood on my hands, screams in my ear

I’m trying to think when it began,

Remembering back as far as I can

But the past is now foggy, the cause I can’t find

All of this madness is making me blind

I’ll start from the start and end with the end,

This story of damage that I cannot mend

 

The first step had started with truth of a lie

She said that she loved me but left me to die

Anger consumed me, it’s all I could feel

Covered in wounds that I knew would not heal

With nothing to fight for I turned to instead,

Ripping her love notes all into shreds

Pain was replaced with a new emotion

Forbidden enjoyment of all the commotion

But something much deeper I started to feed,

And that’s when the Devil planted his seed

 

Second came with my very best friend,

Who so many times I tried to defend

But he took advantage of my kind heart

Little did he know it had been ripped apart

So carelessly, he came to expect

All of his problems I would correct

And when his trouble had gone too far,

I was the one to bear his scar

So he hurt me too, and at long last,

I decided our friendship was best in the past

After all I had done, this is how I’m repaid

Twice now my kindness has been betrayed

And out of spite of the way I was treated,

I spread the word of how he was conceited

The wind of revenge had started to blow

And the Devil’s seed continued to grow

 

Third was the time when I was fired

They didn’t care about all that transpired

They said I was bitter, grumpy and mean

Easily angered and quite obscene

What a joke that was, I was the best of the best

This only happened because I was stressed

I blamed my job, love and friend,

For the crime I was about to attend

That grim satisfaction I knew would be mine

If I just tried vengeance one more time

So I typed in my password, they still haven’t erased

I even wore gloves as not to leave a trace

Some broken computers and smashed goods,

In the middle of all this I stood

 I couldn’t believe what I had just done,

But I can’t deny that it was fun

Malicious profanities I shouted,

And the Devil’s seed had sprouted

 

The final step came knocking at my door

“We know it was you who broke into the store”

The policeman said as he slapped on the cuffs

I wasn’t foolish enough to bluff

I paid the fine for that silly sin

Now to find who turned me in

A little digging showed it was a friend from work

An idea came and I left with a smirk

So to his house I took a little trip

And in through the door I managed to slip

Seeing him now, my anger grew

Another friend I thought I knew

My rage was swelling, in need of release

So finally my wrath was unleashed

I never intended something like this

My soul’s been replaced by an empty abyss

Now I must tell you what I have learned

For me there is now no hope to return

We all stand so close to the ledge

The smallest push sends us over the edge

My life has just spiraled, my soul is doomed,

And at last the Devil’s seed has bloomed

Reviews

[Amy Carrington]

...WOW.

[Raven Pegasus]

Though gruesome, I enjoyed reading this. I love the way you move through a series of events all the way to the end. I really enjoyed this.