The Devil On My Shoulder

July 17, 2012 by KD DeFehr | 2 Comments

I’m the fog along the coast

at sunrise

I’m the darkness that creeps

behind your blue skies

I’m your anchor

embedded in stone

I’m a whisper

I’m sand in your bones

And you cannot escape me, my dear

But, heavens, we know you’ve tried

I’ve seen the way my voice

brings puddles to your pretty blue eyes

I feel the pain when you do

And I hear you when you curse me

I watch you laying on the floor

And darling, I assure it does hurt me

But I’m not here to force it away

I’m not here to feed her lies

I can only show you

the way to sever the ties

that bind you to your misery

And, darling, it’s not me

But if you wish to cease my existence

then you, also, must cease to be

And don’t you wish it all away?

To never shed your heartache again?

Don’t listen to that other voice

for she is not a friend

Don’t think I don’t see you clinging to her though

The way you search our mind so frantically for her presence

But she is the one who lies to you

Yet, it’s on me that you seek vengeance

When she promises it’ll all be okay

with no evidence to assure you

Don’t you want to strangle her

for prolonging the misery? I do

I just want you to be dead like me

I just want you to give up

I want you to stop fighting me

because that’s what’s best for us

For you I mean, most importantly, my dear

Please take us away from the agony

Please take us away from the fear

Don’t you see that the battle you’ve been fighting

You’ve been fighting against the wrong side

I swear that if you join me

you can’t regret not being alive

and if you follow her she’ll drag you on

She’ll drag you across the floor

What kind of angel can she really be

if that’s all she uses her wings for?

So lay her down and come with me

Release the shadows cast by trees

You are all you’ll ever be

A depressant to the air you breathe

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