DEAR LORD, I HAVE A DARK SIDE

Dear Lord last night my neighbor murdered his wife.
With a swift swing of a kitchen knife he took her life.

And Lord I knew he was bad to her.
I knew he deemed himself her Julius Caesar.
Always demanding that she call him sir,
Yet every day I sat and did nothing,
Despite her perpetual screaming.

Last night she screamed no more,
I knew for her there’d be no tomorrow.
Last thing he said was “die you whore”
Before opening up her torso.

Dear Lord I murdered my neighbor last night.
When I burst through the door and found her stiff at his feet.
In her eyes was the fading light,
So for murder I developed an appetite.
I gave myself the green light; to do what I deemed was right.

Dear Lord I have a dark side.
I know because I knelt in his blood,
Him that you created out of mud,
And my only regret was not having nipped his life in the bud,
Before he caused the death of his bride.

Oh God me and my dark side,
I have murdered and all I feel is pride.
I want to feel guilty and Lord how I’ve tried,
But my dark side has just been amplified.

Help me Lord I have a dark side.
Find me Lord; I am lost in a dark cloud.
Towards me Lord take a stride.
Lord I am a sinner,
Who always thought he was a winner.

I’m vanishing in the dark like Darth Vader,
I’ve been cold to humanity like a refrigerator,
Many a time, in your face I’ve shoved the middle finger,
Saying, “Screw you Lord and catch you later.”

I walk in church and criticize,
All I see are lies in the pastor’s eyes.
All I see in his daughter are thighs.
Mortal sins are my allies,
And Lord if today I were to face my demise,
I’d wake up in hell with no surprise, look into Satan’s snake eyes,
And say, “It’s just you and me down here paying the price.”

Forgive me Father for my dark side,
I confess that I am a man of pride.
I know your son Jesus was crucified,
So my place in heaven could be fortified.
May your name be glorified.

This poem is about: 
Our world

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