God and the devil..

[Gbn]

God and the devil walked side by side,
Looked down at the world and they both cried,
One of them in laughter one of them in pain
cos the people of the world were doin it again....and again

Well you created them, then they created you
So you can’t blame me and I can’t blame you
It’s you to blame but not the you I know
It’s all of the gods they made down below

I can see why you can’t see the gods that they all blame
It’s hard to see what’s comin up on board a movin train
I am on the sidelines here just workin on my tan
But sometimes all it takes is one honest decent man

So the devil stood up and said I won’t stand by
how many more decent folk have got to up and die
My god’s good and yours is bad , you’ll all go straight to hell
Well none of those folks are welcome there, I’ve got it runnin swell

Ain’t no place for religion in my home way down below
Just honest sinners and decent folk who deep down still all know
Religion takes an honest man and fills him full of hate
And honest men should realize this before its way too late

[xanadu]

This is a fun piece.Would the devil be looking down at the world? Found it a little difficult to know who was saying what, the Devil or God. Again, I'm a bit thick. Overall I enjoyed it. Good work.

[Gbn]

Thanks for comment...I imagined God and the devil as old frenemies if you see what I mean...lucifer being the original fallen angel...there are times in the bible when God and the devil 'converese', like the book of Job, so imagined them strolling along, looking down at the man made chaos..

[KevJ]

An entertaining premise. Enjoyed the rhyming. Flows nicely.

Kev

[Gbn]

Thanks...will post some more of my hippie/pacifist leaning poems tomorrow...i feel the need to let my anger at life let itself out this way, the world being the way it sometime can be...therapy..