The Tender Trap

After I was saved it was the hardest time of my life. I meet a woman and she was loving and caring. But I was pulled between where I was trying to go with the lord and my desires and heart

The Tender Trap

 

My heart dropped a beat

Due to the solemn circumstance

The devil had woven the best net yet

And threw it over my head

I wished I could blame Beelzebub

Totally

I picked the net up

As if it were a blanket

The cords choked out my reasoning

I peered out from underneath

Yet the world seems better where I was

I asked for no help

I waved potential heroes past

The love struck smile tattooed

On my face

I love this net!

The more I struggled the tighter it griped

Me

All those try to free me

I despise

All the warnings are there

All the signs flashed brightly

I plug my ears as the sweet whispers

From God came upon me

I have tried three times before to release

The net

When I do I ran back

Hoping

Praying

To the Lord the net is still there

Scratch stands smiling

He hugged me

His evil coldness freezes my pores

I don’t care

Thirty seconds ago is ancient history

My eyes moistened

I grabbed the net and placed it over me again

Over my spinning cranium

The devil has made the perfect trap

I can’t escape

I don’t want too.

Author's Note

It's an interesting though. What you're suppose to do. What your desires say. Its a thing hard road. I still have a very hard time following, when i do...

Reviews

[patricia]

I can realy relate to this poem a lot, a lot of people would disagree with me i am sure, but it has seemed to me that throughout my life as i progress upward, with each little bit of progress i make comes the next test, an opportunity if you like to do something differently this time...emotions will always make us believe this is all meant to be, but just below the surface if we get real honest there is the highest thought of all that tells us this is or isnt right. we can get back on the merry go round if we like, but same place different face soon ensues. When we resist the emotional temptations there is always a reward. A new insight or something usually arises, only then are we glad we didn't go back into all that again. Recovery is not a straight line up, its a load of hills up and down and up again. Thankyou. Sorry if i sound preachy.

[MS. BABy]

smh...don't i know, and that poor unfortunate devil, he gets all the blame, a friend of mines told me a joke....she said she was walking down an alley she should not...and heard a creature just crying, so she stopped and it was he devil..lol sobbin, and she said omg..what is wrong with you...he looks up eyes full and says, "why does everyone blame everything on me"....lol I just thought that was so funny, because we say in a second the devil made me do it, but we ourselves house an evil nature....smh...i enjoyed....

[WhiteWillow]

Intriguing imagery, well written. To be read over and over, and still draw something different from it each time. Great piece.

[Aramey]

I know better than most about following your desires and getting caught in their web. Even when I know it's trouble I still tend to do it anyways. It does remind me of the devils work sometimes, because it can be just so tempting. I think this was very well written :) Thanks for sharing.