His due
Angels are all
well
And good
With their
wings
And such
But heaven is a
long way Away
And the devil
expects
His due
You say you'll
pray
For me
That's what
you'll do
I hope that is
of comfort to you
But heavens a
long way Away
And the devil
expects
His due
You ask if I
regret that day
And I truly do
Not what I did
to that man
Only for how it’s
affected you
But heavens a
long way Away
And the devil
expects
His due
You wonder of
I'll miss anything
Woman of course
I'll miss you
But unlike some
the lord above
Surely knows
Heaven is a
long way Away
And the devil's
gonna get
His due
Chris
McQueeney 11/19/12 9:27 P.M.
Tomorrow at noon I will be linking this to dVerse Poets Pub for open link night...that is a poetic free for all...check it out.
woot. smiles...see you then....well hopefully its far away because you are still young and have plenty of life left right? smiles.
ReplyDeletethe repetition gives this kind of a folksy lyrical feel
I like the meter of this very much. Capping "Away" works quite well sitting next to way. The second to the last and final stanzas are quite powerful. As you often cause me to do, I wonder where you write this piece from. I love that about poetry. Yours does that.
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of a blues song. Ever write lyrics?
ReplyDeleteGive me verse two with a side of killing blow, if you don't mind. LOVE it. And I say verse, because like those who have commented before, the repetition is begging to be bought on itunes...
ReplyDeleteA powerful piece !
ReplyDeletewith the repetition this sounds like a song..so you should sing it for us in the pub one day i think...smiles
ReplyDeleteand the devil expects his due but I think you've outwitted him... poor guy...awesome poem
ReplyDeleteyes Devil wants his due ..
ReplyDeletebut I hope you are not on his list ever !
Interesting write ..
I enjoyed this very much and loved the refrain. Just gotta keep hoping the devil gets his due somewhere else.LOL.
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