what's it gonna cost you,
who is gonna pay?
for everything you go through,
someone's got something to say.
like, they know just what you're feeling,
they take the right to tell you so.
like a dealer, double dealing,
two goodbyes and one hello.
bitter fuels an empty vessel,
better pushes you on through.
you made a deal with the devil,
now he owns a piece of you.
but don't fret about the outcome,
hell deals with changes all the time.
he has a plethora of risk numb,
ready to jump back up in line.
so, take back the things he's taken,
no matter, if you once agreed.
we have all been sadly mistaken,
we all deserve to be set free.
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Kelli Sheckler-Amsden
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Comments (9)
Powerful words, as always, Kelli! 🤗❤️
Never give the Devil his/her/its due. You owe them nothing.
Love the words on the stone, and yours of course. Reminds me a little of "None Of Us Are Free" by Solomon Burke (I was among the backing singers when he played The Sage in Newcastle many years back)
Love the imagery and the powerful words!
This is great, Kelli. Well done, as always.
Yes. “Like a dealer double dealing” 🥲😡. I feel ya! Awesome and expressive work Kelli 🥰
This is tremendous and I was going to highlight the same lines Brenton did...so I'll highlight the following two as these were also standouts - bitter fuels an empty vessel, better pushes you on through You just have such a way of distilling experiences and wise words in a poetic way.
Well done, Kelli. Coincidentally, I read this right after Mohammed Darasi's Urban Poetry piece. I can imagine a beat behind this
Yes, yes and yes! "like a dealer, double dealing, two goodbyes and one hello." Simply brilliant, a bold magic!