- * Give Back The Devils Due * Poem by Carolyn Ford Witt

- * GIVE BACK THE DEVILS DUE * -

So quickly we forget
the lessons we did learn,
And for the sad and worldly things
We begin to yearn.

We walk beside the evil
that engulfs our very soul
And unleash the demons' lurking
And we're loosing all control.

The mad man of our minds
Entice these things unseen
Twisting and cajoling
Our intentions to demean.

Our tempers flair like forest fires
Blazing ore the land
No buckets and no battlements
For we must take a stand

To Praise Him or to turn our backs
On all that's good in life
I ask you Lord to take away
This misery and this strife

Return to us the pleasantness
that comes from loving You
and give Satan back his yearnings
-Give back the devils due-

Author: Carolyn Ford Witt
Ms. Caroline
© 10-30-05