The Devil

The devil sits with me and waits

He too sees the nightmare in front of my eyes

I, don’t want to admit it

But, that is why he is here

To shove me off the cliff

For, I should have known

Faulting and not realizing

I too am wearing the dark cloak

The third eye wanders and becomes

Apparently, apparent but I don’t want it

I don’t want it

My rough hands slip through the silk

I can’t hold on any longer

Why must I try?

The illusions ahead are the same

Why must I admit?

This failure is a cover-up

The devil likes to see me tick

But at least he is honest

 

Reviews

[JC]

made me think of becoming free, that the devil shows us the truth in ourselves no matter if it is overwhelming or hard to deal with, really dig this.

[R Smith]

the devil is the ego wanting more all the time ready to throw you into the mire of life, your illusions try to trick you into holding onto the veil of illusion, admit its all fake and see through that devil, he wants your soul its true but his honesty is your doom, intriguing poem Natasha, my take on it may be off the mark but its good to see what our minds cook up when we read such glorious work as yours, thank you :)

[A. Amos]

An interesting piece of art, I thoroughly enjoyed your work and ideas within this poem.

[Natasha]

thank you so much for the positive feedback!

[A. Amos]

You're most welcome

[Blogger]

I must admit i am a bit lost in this one. This seems to be symbolic of who some want us to fail, and can even try to make us fail? I also see that all of us are hypocrites to a degree and shouldnt always poke a finger at other all the time when the fault sometimes lies with we ourselves....

I am not sure. Thanks for making me think though!

[SquinklaPsyOps]

The poem could be about perceiving the intentions that are felt from an unknown spiritual presence and how projects intentions to try to influence the person to jump into an abyss which gives the living person an advantage to try to save others by informing that some demon prisoners escaped hell and are impersonating the devil and are snitching what those prisoners went through when they were in hell, the thing to do is to call the Arch Angels and let them know so that they could push those fugitive demons back to hell so that they do not bother the dreams of the living

[Natasha]

interesting analysis, thank you for the extremely thoughtful review :)