Another Master

Long ago when all the world was young,
After Lucifer from Heaven fell,
He and God began the age old war,
Each for lordship over all that breathed.

Cloaked from sight two swords begin the dance,
Blade of light with blade of dark collides,
Now the world has fallen in to dark,
All alone in sin she wonders lost,
Souls reach out but finding only air,
Seak to fill the void with things possessed.

Now the hounds of Hell in shadowed wait,
Stealthily begin the hunt again,
Eagerly anticipating souls,
Whose despair will mean the master’s joy.

Even as they creep from depths unseen,
Yet another master makes his claim,
On the world whose error brings him pain,
That which he gave life with hands of love.

Angels stand to guard the sons of earth,
Leading them with whispered words away,
From the snares set down by him who seaks,
Naught but each created soul to break.