Dialogue of Spirits

Satan as he looked upon the dawning sun
Glancing of glory and the light of the world
Caressing the fact that he has work to do
A task so sacred he never once shirked...

Satan as he looked upon the glowing light
And how would it look like if he had it his way
For many once a cross and a star he'd given
And many now a human so foolishly embraced them!

Satan as he sneered at the sight of me
The one that Time had sworn not to touch him
Knowing not if I his friend or his foe
But rather a shadow he'd rather not live with...

Satan as we glanced at the festering earth
With each one with thoughts and jobs to fulfil
And each just a whisper to the ignorant many
Living on the edge they could hardly see...

Satan as he said, "To hell with your kind!"
And I said, "For what do you think I would?"
"For neither of us can see what's in store,"
"And this could be heaven or this could be naught."

Satan as he said, "Do not be too sure,"
"For there's never a foe that I could lose at!"
"Though maybe you're free from Time and from Space,"
"But don't you forget we both had a start!"

Satan to him I said, "That is true,"
"But never you'd know the time you would die,"
"I know very well you stand in the darkness,"
"But isn't the future not yet in the light?"

Satan he smiled and said, "Come on now,"
"You know who I am, I know who you are,"
"To most you and I and God are the same,"
"Mere relics of a past not worth their safekeeping!"

Satan I sighed and said, "But alas,"
"For faiths are but burdens bereft of all money,"
"And prayers are weak like magick are fake,"
"And Logic it seems, their newfound Scripture!"

Satan he said, "Let's watch this together,"
"This blasphemous play with acts Damnation,"
"Let's revel at these fools as they squirm in their slime,"
"And still they won't know what's up and what's down!"

Satan and I we shared one big sigh
Then left from this world to where he is welcomed
We left not as foes but certainly not friends
But merely as fantasies, or so said society...

Satan as he left from the dying noon
Leaving me wondering the state of humanity
Of the slime in their hearts, disbelieving and clueless
Or maybe if God has really forsaken them?

Satan and I two icons of old
Of once in the hearts and minds of the true
Now buried in dust, so lost and forgotten
And salvation is now, eclipsed by science!


THE SILENT TRAVELER
KL
2010