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Demons on Display contest entry

The Devil Calmly Waits

by DragonSkulls

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I see within your inner heart,      a truth you all deny.      You know you're lost in your own sins      no matter how you lie.      You'd love to claim your soul is saved      beneath your darkened veil,      but your salvation's bleak at best      and destined, yes, to fail.      So long before my lovely Eve      believed in words divine,      the world then held a sovereign worth      but still I made it mine.      While Adam too beget my ploy      and swallowed his own fate,      he realized the damage done      yet taste it far too late.      Your loving God then knew your flaws,      despising you as I,      where your free will so deeply stains      the rules that you defy.      Pretend you think I don't exist      until we're face to face,      where you'll accept a bitter truth      that no lies can erase.      So live within this unseen ruse      that I've instilled in you,      and know that I will never rest      until you've fallen too.

Writing Prompt There have been a lot of poems written about Angels, let's write about demons now! Write a poem, funny, serious or crazy about them. Any type of poetry is fine, any length. Have fun. Rules: No poetry about inner demons or metaphorical demons. Please write about demons as if they are "real".

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