A Difficult Twist

In times of discontent
Some pious tears a closing eye requires
The soft quiet of near repent
Escapes the mind of worldly desires
And threats of pain and ruin bring compromise
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Whipped together in a thorny wind
Thoughts run south, into orange hellfire
Where carnivorous lairs spawn subtle sin
Masked in righteous, godly, attire
Until the self can no longer recognize
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So slyly can a mind be swayed
Treading trodden trails of life's decisions
The slippery slopes of daily choices made
Manifesting as such good and evil subdivisions
Where confusion urges the mind to self-despise
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A difficult twist this thing called life
The supreme energy moving every direction
Our creator has taught us to 'look inside'
For this is the dwelling of supreme connection
The kinetic kiln where 'the love of all' is mobilized.....

Tony Taylor