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He’s not the man you thought he was…
You can see it deep in his eyes…
That mask he’s worn every day…
Was a thin and fragile disguise…
Constructed of smoke and mirrors…
It relied upon casual distraction…
Keeping you from seeing the truth…
Kept you away from the real action…
As he struck a deal with the Devil…
Upon turning the age of Thirty Three…
And in exchange for sinful pleasures…
He handed over his soul so willingly…
But you would never have known it…
As he kept it all so well hidden…
And from the outside looking in…
You’d never see all that’s forbidden…
Nor the sweet fruit that he’d tasted…
Or the lives that he had destroyed…
Whilst he took just what he wanted…
Breaking hearts like childrens toys…
But now he drowns in the darkness…
Long gone are those days of light…
His vision is now clouded by sadness…
Regret replaces those once lustful nights…
As the sands of time are running out…
And he is counting down the days…
All that remains are the flashbacks…
Vivid memories trap him in a maze…
Whilst he faces up to the grim reality…
That his time on Earth is now short…
He could not escape this forever…
Immortality could never be bought…
And that fear of what is coming…
The Hell that will be his prison…
Fills his cold heart with a panic…
As he knows he can’t be forgiven…
There’s nothing more he can do…
The damage has already been done…
And the next chapter that he faces…
Will be full of Fire and Brimstone…
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©Eyewillnotcry1973
Inspired by the song “It Seemed The Better Way” By Leonard Cohen
