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The Devil took on the shape Of a city crow. You should have seen him Manouver through the streets On the warm gusts of wind. Beak silver, feet golden, Wings as wide as the smile Of a demon's fresh from Heaven's grasp. He turned his head, exposing An eye; a window to his lack Of soul, as black as the center of Nothing. Fresh wounds from Needles in the arm of a girl On the pavement below Were sunsets and rainbows To him; he croaked with the Voice of a hundred crying mothers: *Your opened veins are my gates. Syringe keys and ****** handles. No single sin is anything Without the eye that judges it. Behold: Within the skies above Is only air, no godly love. No devil neither rests beneath,   As blade within an earthly sheath. Behind this blackness you will find The consciousness of Humankind.* The crow looked up and lifted off With a giant rustling flap. Then, mid-air, changed into a dove Of summer-cloud white; glided above the roof Tops; became one with the sunlight That stroked itself across the face Of the girl in the street. She looked up at a passing Child. One that didn't cringe at the look Of her weary, weathered features, but smiled As if knowing her. I swore I could see the chemical veil lift From her eyes. Who needs gods or devils, I thought. They're only devided by heart.
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Oct 28, 2014
Oct 28, 2014 at 1:41 PM UTC
The Crow and the Dove
The Devil took on the shape Of a city crow. You should have seen him Manouver through the streets On the warm gusts of wind. Beak silver, feet golden, Wings as wide as the smile Of a demon's fresh from Heaven's grasp. He turned his head, exposing An eye; a window to his lack Of soul, as black as the center of Nothing. Fresh wounds from Needles in the arm of a girl On the pavement below Were sunsets and rainbows To him; he croaked with the Voice of a hundred crying mothers: *Your opened veins are my gates. Syringe keys and ****** handles. No single sin is anything Without the eye that judges it. Behold: Within the skies above Is only air, no godly love. No devil neither rests beneath,   As blade within an earthly sheath. Behind this blackness you will find The consciousness of Humankind.* The crow looked up and lifted off With a giant rustling flap. Then, mid-air, changed into a dove Of summer-cloud white; glided above the roof Tops; became one with the sunlight That stroked itself across the face Of the girl in the street. She looked up at a passing Child. One that didn't cringe at the look Of her weary, weathered features, but smiled As if knowing her. I swore I could see the chemical veil lift From her eyes. Who needs gods or devils, I thought. They're only devided by heart.
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Oct 28, 2014
Oct 28, 2014 at 1:41 PM UTC
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