Hidden Heart Of Evil Poem by Mary Champion

Oh, Honey you've lit such a dangerous fuse,
cos this is a lady who does not like to lose.
I spent most of my life trying to make myself good,
didn't do what I wanted, mostly did what I should.
But when you walked away, I started losing control
of that hidden heart of evil in my soul.

Oh Honey, take care. Cos you don't understand,
you've been trespassing in an untameable land.
I had learned how to live with that devil in me,
had it held behind bars, where it couldn't break free.
But you opened the door, just to prove you were strong
and that devil don't know what is right from what's wrong.
And when you walked away, I started losing control
of that hidden heart of evil in my soul.

Oh yes, honey it's you! Yes it's you set it free.
I had it imprisoned, but you gave it the key.
And when you walked away, I started losing control
of that hidden heart of evil in my soul.
Oh see, can't you see,
that old devil's got free
and it's dragging us down
to the bottom of me?

For there is one thing that old devil can't take,
and that's being hurt so its heart starts to break.
I'd been keeping it chained with my logical links
but that devil don't care what this mind of mine thinks.
I'd been forging it years, but then you broke the chain
and the devil ran free to escape from the pain.
And when you walked away, I started losing control
Of that hidden heart of evil in my soul.

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So it's lucky for you I'm a cheat and a liar,
and you're not quite as free as you think you desire.
There's a hell of a rope, but it's not infinite,
and the time will come soon when you'll feel it pull tight.
At the point where the ground slips away underfoot
you will feel me tug hard and the effort you put
into proving that you could get by all alone,
will have proved you don't stand any chance on your own.
When I've scared you to death, I'll exert my control
on that old primeval evil in my soul.
Man, when you understand, you'll be glad of a hand
with that hidden heart of evil in our soul.