Testimony in a letter

inspired by Blair Wingo- www.p4cm.com

Dear Satan,
How many times must you hear
you are not the one I fear!
I see you lurkin'
all the while smirkin'
causin' turmoil all around
tryin' to knock me down.
I have news for you.
It's not workin'!
It's not workin'!

For so long you've tried
coverin' my eyes.
tellin' me to be the victim.
You said, "blame him,
blame your absent father
who cheated on your mother.
you have every excuse
to add to the abuse.

start small with drinkin'
and maybe perverted thinkin'.
you have every reason.
Go for it." Oh the lies and deception!
but my eyes were open
as I watched my sister give in.
How could you?!
she should have graduated from MSU!
How could you?!

The heartache continued to spread
as the call came,
my cousin was dead.
huffin' was the trend
that made his life end.
As my heart was left to mourn,
you were tootin' your own horn.
You thought my life was forever torn.

Oh no, see I'm reborn!
though the sadness was hard to bare,
I've been healed from despair.
You think your grip is so tight
that you have the right to snuff my light
and win my life to sin.
I refuse to sing your song, short or long
I'm much too strong.
I'm much too strong!

You even snuck in my marriage
like a sly fox in the garden.
All because I chose to abstain
what should be pleasure... was pain.
I cried in vain
for what should have been.
Then God worked on us from within'.
Guess what? we're still love makin'!

I will lift up my praise
all of my days, in all different ways!
It's time for you to realize
I'm sick and tired of your lies
and the way you destroy lives.
You can't change my mind.
How many times must you hear,
you are not the one I fear!
You are not the one I fear!