Better the devil you know

Edthepoet

Waiting on a wave

To catch

My breathe

But the ocean fire of

Your discontent

It knows no rest

 

Pleading with this stream

To sail

The sea

But the rivers blaze of

Your honesty

It wont hold me

 

You've got the face

Of hell and back

Painted on your skin

I would gladly 

end our pact

But where the hell

To begin?

 

The water won't wash us

Clean of these sins

If they're even sins at all

The earth won't cleanse us

From where we've been

If we've been anywhere at all

 

How does that old saying go

The one the whiskey breath froze

As the bells of winter chime

it's better the devil you know

Than the devil  you don't

know how to disguise. 

 

  • Author: Edthepoet (Offline Offline)
  • Published: March 11th, 2021 11:04
  • Category: Unclassified
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  • Jerry Reynolds

    Nice poem, Ed.

  • L. B. Mek

    some wonderful imagery, thanks for sharing dear poet



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