I love the devils coat

by PAUL HEWSON   Sep 24, 2004


Apologies for posting this in the love poetry section .. i had some real possitive feedback for devils coat when it was posted on "dark poems " but in two weeks it only has had 56 visits . if i recieve an objection to it being here i will of course delete it immediately ..

I have enjoyed the pleasure's of pain
the stinging sensation of the pouring rain
i have embraced the shivers that run through my spine
the standing on graves time after time .
Ive been awake at nearly every first-light
nursing the pains of the night be fores fight
i borrowed the devils coat , for just a short time
i love how it feels , and now i own it , its mine

the devils lent me his life line
away from the fear of fear
the devil lent me his life line
its the best i have felt this year .

i have read all the writing on most subway walls
and suffered so much at the hand of all fools
i haven't denied my one righteous side
but i feel so much stronger in the coat that i hide
because i borrowed the devils coat , for just a short time
i love how it feels , and now i own it , its mine .

the devils lent me his life line
away from the fear of fear
the devil lent me his life line
its the best i have felt this year .

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  • 20 years ago

    by Lillian

    paul - i read this before when you posted it originally.. i liked it then.. as i like it now. funny how it seems oddly appropriate to this section as well (must say something about my own state of mind, eh?).. "stinging sensation of the pouring rain" - my favorite line hands down.. excellent job.. truly a 5 in my book.

  • 20 years ago

    by Michael D Nalley

    thought provoking. smooth delivery

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