Love Poem: When The Devil Comes Knocking
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Written by: Darrell Rose

When The Devil Comes Knocking

There’s a knock at the door and it’s the devil
The time has come for me to pay for my sins. 

Judgement’s been passed by my creator 
Now my soul’s eternal sentence shall begin

It’s not that I didn’t know this day 
was coming
And I don’t have any great last words to say

Though I do despise the circumstances
Can’t say I regret a single day

There are those who look in from the outside 
As they shake their heads slowly in disgust

Thinking they know all the answers
Saying I did what I did out of lust 

But they don’t know of the sorrows
That had covered the depths of my soul

No , not one of them has understanding 
How loneliness had taken it's toll 

Yes - I reached out while I was drowning
And to my surprise she answered my plea 

I crawled into the arms of her loving
And she breathed a new life into me 

So now as I am lead down hell's hallways
To pay for the things I’ve done wrong

I’ll suffer my punishment in silence
But inside my soul lives her song 

You see I know what it is to be lonely
Left alone to rot by myself

Wishing for someone to save me 
From dying alone on the shelf

Yes it’s true, I get it,  I was married....... 
and on paper that changes all the rules

But belief marriage will end one’s heartache 
 Is a belief held by jokers, idiots and fools

I found it better to know new love in my life
Than to drown alone in my pain

It was better to sin and find joy once again
Than to let loneliness drive me insane

So now I walk down hell's long hallways 
As I say my final goodbye

I’ve no last great words to leave you with
I’ll leave those for some other guy

Who thinks perhaps he has all the answers
To life’s questions riddles and task

But often those who speak up the loudest
Are those who talk through their ass

We all face our own separate  challenges 
Which we must overcome in order to get by

So before you start with your judgements
Remove that plank from your eye

Open your ears and hear with your heart
And a soul which is loving and kind

See things through the eyes of your neighbor 
Leave your ridiculous judgement behind