The Great Tempter Poem by Olaleye Azeem Oladipupo

Oh Satan! Why haven't you come with your horns?
Or come with your tail and hoofed feet?
Of course you know I'd flee
I wouldn't wait to be tempted, I'd run

But you have came in disguise
In various forms that I know so well
You've hidden in pleasurable things to drag me to your hell
Yet, these things my heart cannot despise

Ah! There you are with so curved hips
when I was expecting you'd come as a beast
Or with diabolic grin and crafty leer at least
You lure me with tender crimson lips

And when instead of charging down with a roaring sound
You came riding on the melody of sweet modern songs
Their lyrics praise you, yet I can't but sing along
Old Devil, I must admit your deceit know no bound

At time I thought you'd come brutally with your hosts
You came in stealth mode and crept in through the internet
Even the Social Media has kept me in your net
And still, all these things I love most

I'm afraid these things alone I cannot deal
My spirit indeed wills, but my body is under your spell
Howbeit, my soul rejoices, liberty it can smell
'cos yet lies one in me greater than thee