God Complex

Seat me on a throne of hearts,
And lofty praise adorn my brow,
Inflate this head to Atlas' load
And forget my mortality...
Angels come in many guises;
Mine, more subtle than the rest
And with all this exaltation
Who but blind would not see halo?
I am the one whose name is whispered
In closed doors, on bended knee...
No, not Him, the 'blessed saviour';
I'm the scourge he tried to heal...
But, since my pinstripes are in fashion
And pitchfork hidden for the while,
You shall all learn to love me
And I'll give you a good time...
Am I not the true believer,
For I believe naivety?
Follow me unto your slaughter,
All my dear, dear black sheep...
I shall be your God complex,
And claim to still, in eye of storm...
Fear not, my damned.
Just follow.
See not the blood of the slaughtered,
And hear not their cry.
Follow.
Die.

Author's Note

thought it'd be interesting to see the devil's side...

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

Poor Devil don't need to work hard anymore. People are falling down in the wrong places and accepting the pain and misery. Maybe hell is become less painful for some?
"Am I not the true believer,
For I believe naivety?
Follow me unto your slaughter,
All my dear, dear black sheep... "
I like the above words. Thank you for the outstanding poetry.
Coyote

[Jake Staffeld]

Scary. I agree that the pinstriped biusness men can be used to repersent the devil, but so can many other things.

[SINDE]

This is a well written and meaning-laden piece.
''...Inflate this head to Atlas' load
And forget my mortality...
Angels come in many guises;
Mine, more subtle than the rest
And with all this exaltation...''

'...I'm the scourge he tried to heal...
But, since my pinstripes are in
fashion
And pitchfork hidden for the
while...'

[Chris]

A true silence of little lambs... a touch abstract which introduced a sense of stumble here and there. Good and developed content.

Take care,
Chris

[Calypso]

Makes you think

[rwar ish me]

very nice. an interesting read. Good write. I enjoyed this piece

[Sukriti Suki]

nice one....Even though the topic is dark the content gives a much lighter tone....interesting contrast.