Anything...

I use a devious, traitorous, treacherous technique
so you believe the malicious, vicious thoughts that I speak
I use your own life against you as I slither and sneak
for I live in the wounded and the weak...

Anything...you can have anything you desire
Take a drink of life before it's time to expire
All the pleasures that you want I will help you acquire
Any time, day or night, I am your personal supplier

All you have to do is listen to the thoughts that I say
This is your life to live and you should live it your way
You might not wake up tomorrow, so just live for today
This is the only path from which you should not stray

Money, lust and violence always silence the crier
Leave your family, leave your friends, all they do is conspire
You really only need you, you're the one to admire
Leave the earth for the meek as we fly ever higher

All that time you wasted as you clasped your hands to pray
Take your hope and faith and just throw it all away
You and you alone are the one you should obey
but before you live this lifestyle there's a small price to pay

The one little thing that I will ever require
by your own choice you disavow any beliefs held prior
There is no heaven or hell, no eternal joy or fire
only the thoughts...and the voice...and the words of the liar

Follow me and we will climb to the highest peak
overlooking a lovely lake, filled with fires of the bleak
and just before you're cast, know you are exactly the kind I seek
for I live in the wounded and the weak...

This poem won second place for the April 2016 poetry contest