Devil to Blame

Devil to Blame


I am no stranger to your beauty
You've let down your hair often in my company
There are more than star-kissed eyes in your beautiful head
Full of thoughts to marvel upon
Fertile for awe and for dread

Devil to blame
I'll be your devil to blame
To topple the scales
And syphon the pain
You be my angel
And I'll do the same
I'll be your devil to blame
Devil to blame

I come to you when I am so world-weary
Whatever we do, it's not enough and yet so extreme
So much more to Heaven and Earth than in their philosophies
What you do with your time
Deserves no apology

Devil to blame
I'll be your devil to blame
To topple the scales
And syphon the pain
You be my angel
And I'll do the same
I'll be your devil to blame
Devil to blame

I am no stranger to your beauty
No stranger though lost in my familiarity
As I watch them cast to the fire such crude effigies
Knowing they do not know you
Knowing and not knowing

Devil to blame
I'll be your devil to blame
To topple the scales
And syphon the pain
You be my angel
And I'll do the same
I'll be your devil to blame
Devil to blame


January 3, 2019