Devil
I had the devil in me now I see,
I used to catch anger like fire,
I ran after material with greed,
I loathed like hell a lot many folks,
I had jealousy working overtime to get better,
I ran aground efforts of many around,
so that only what I did remained,
for getting to targets I had done lot of wrong,
the devil got tired and exhausted,
sometime and somewhere,
anger,greed,loath,jealousy
almost dimmed out,
It now took an effort to get the devil going,
I still protested but not with anger,
I still got material but not with greed,
I still disliked people but not with loath,
Yes I am sure I had killed the devil,
myself somewhere quietly along.
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