as the man described it…

When you first dipped your toe

into the murky cold waters of evil

you thought you were in control

when at first you acted in defiance

you thought you were being grown up

when you took what didn’t belong

to you and to which you had no right

when the first lie left your lips

and led to the next lie you didn’t 

realise the damage and confusion

that deceit causes firstly to yourself and then to others

You have the knowledge of good and evil

and deep within you should know

that you are a slave to that which is evil

the good you would you do not

that which you hate that you do…as the man said

muster all the honesty you can

and invest it in self discovery

ask the questions and wait for the answers

then you might find the way out of the maze

of despair or the slough of despond 

as the man described it…