Who’s the devil?

Black face , two horns, with a wagging tail between his legs?

lol 😂 I guess that was our idea at the age of five 

But do you really believe that now?

“A smile that could sweep your heart away “

Come on you think it comes in announced ?

Would you come in announced as a thief ?

That’s what I thought… you wouldn’t 

You’d sneak in like one of them deceive them and when the time comes… you snatch it 

That’s exactly how it works for either of us 

Bad things do not come in announced, they either barge in or come unannounced 

Well … well … well …

No one asked my opinion but I’ld give it 

I think the devil is one of us 

“ you think so don’t you?”

He lives within us driving us to do our desires

Our selfish heart contents 

Murders , rape , theft , ruining our good work 

Inconsiderate bosses , drunk husbands, corrupt leaders, as big as they might seem

Comes down to little thefts, little fights in the alleys of those neighborhoods then

We ruled it off as child’s play 

But I think we were wrong 

Because a child from an abusive home tends to grow up to be an abusive adult 

An adult suffering from trauma, an adult unable to build a home, own a family, and that way the bitterness gets passed on

Like a bile when it smears meat .

We feed on our fear like food 

Deceive people for our interest 

Selfishness and greed consumes us 

That love becomes a give or take affair ( that’s not for today though 🙂‍↔️)

But …. The devil is within us ,our demons