THE DEVILS CLAW

THE DEVILS CLAW

Is this the hand of future fate?

 Or are you just the devils claw?

And nothing more

You are nothing but the

Darker side of me

That makes me cold

And raw

This time I am fighting back

This claw is my mistake

Taking back that once was mine

Life of so divine

Not yours

Devils claw

You can scream and shout

Right out loud

But I have the claws

Right here and now

The one to defend

And amend

Until the sweetest end

                                                   

This shield of old

Stories untold

Battles won and

Battles lost

I am ready once again

To throw it right at you

I see my light

Shining bright

Blinding with truth

I’m putting up the fight

With all my might

My destiny

And fate

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

22^nd April 2012

All Rights Reserved

Taken from the anthology

(c) Warrior Women

Yet to be published