Flirting with the Devil

Temptations have me surrounded,
They keep on beckoning in the night,
My moral compass has been hounded
For the key to disobey what’s right.

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I’ve been flirting with the Devil.
He has his lusty hooks in me.
When in my thirst for sin, I revel,
As if I’m drinking from the sea.

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I wonder why it feels so good
And at the same time feels so wrong
I like it more than I know I should,
The dopamine is flowing strong.

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So I close my eyes and reset now,
A deep inhale clears the mind.
Will my rationale, now disallow,
These pleasures of the blind?

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In a moment, eyes snap open,
To see the truth upon it all.
Then blissfully in ignorance,
The heavy lids begin to fall.

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Inner conflicts of mine – be damned!
Perhaps tomorrow I’ll do things right.
These sinful embers have been fanned,
To keep me warm for one more night.

I have always been a man that has had trouble expressing himself verbally with matters of the heart and matters of inner conflict. Poetry has become a great outlet for me in this regard. For years I’ve let my passion for writing slip away from me and now I have begun to express myself again in this way with the creation of my new blog. www.wildandfreeliving.net

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