Making Peace With the Devil
Serving the devil a cup of tea and making it comfortable
Today I feel like shit
whatever the reason is;
I feel like shit,
I can fight with it,
I can force some methods
to get rid of it,
and foolishly hope,
I am going to rock the day
as soon as the devil is kicked out.
Unfortunately, experience shows
such a day never happens.
So I let the devil stay with me
in whatever shape or form
just for this day;
I ain't cleverly accommodating it
so it will let go of me;
nothing of that sort.
It’s just that
I can't get rid of the devil
just because I don't like it.
So for this day,
I allow it to be with me
by my side.
Yes, I allow this ‘shittiness’
to be there somewhere within me.
Suddenly I am freed from the stupid task
of wasting my energy to remove it.
Now my day gets filled
however, it gets filled
while in the company of the devil.
I am freed from my enemy
and the efforts to fight it
when I had allowed it to be
for this one day.
For this day you can have this cup of tea
while I fill my day,
my dear devil.
Any moment I notice the devil
screaming inside,
I give it permission to be there
just for this day.
Everything else is to
not make peace with the devil.
Should I spend the day
fighting with devil
with no energy left for anything else
or should I let it be there
for this day — a tough choice.
For this day,
just for this fucking day;
no big deal buddy.
