The Devil’s Gift

NOTE: This would fall under the realm of "religious fiction," if such a genre exists, and is not meant to be taken literally, or offend anyone because it doesn't jive with religious preferences. Thank you.

THE DEVIL'S GIFT

Did you see the angel fall from heaven with red-tipped wings?

He was once a great general, but now a traitor of all things?

His fall was like a meteor striking the Earth, now he tests our wills, to see what we are worth.

A wounded, wicked heart that was as horrible as evil rising from the grave,

Upset he was no longer in Heaven, where there'd been her soul to save.

It was for love she chose the evil part during the war, but no evil thing had entered into her heart.

The Devil's twin sought the demise of the woman's true lover, that through a bet God would lose, she would find another.

The angels and demons fought for her soul, they wanted to have her, lusting after control.

She was sentenced to a Quest to prove her heart was true, to show she'd really chosen heaven, and with hell wouldn't follow through.

The fallen lord struck a deal with the Father, that if a contract he would sign; for Lucifer had said: "If she fails in her Quest, then she will be forever mine."

Wise in his old ways, and knowledgeable in the Devil's dirty tricks, God agreed; "but the price for thus is fixed."

"If she finished her Quest, you will bind her in sorrow indeed; I know you serpent, so pay me heed: she will never end on this Quest, and her hard work will make her long after death."

"Devil, you old liar, she has already been approved, but if she ceases to do her Quest, she will belong to you."

"Now listen here Devil, and I'll sweeten the deal. If you win you'll both go to heaven, exonerated of any evil."

The Devil gave a wry smile, because this was a bet he couldn't lose, no matter what, she'd be his; she'd have no right for herself to choose.

She had considered his twin Levi, and then Lucifer started the war, which grew fierce, knocking on heaven's door.

Feeling foolish, God measured his next words; he mulled it over in his head, but it still sounded absurd.

Still God spoke, and all things stood still: "If I win this bet, you're in for a thrill, for she will earn the Devil's Gift, and you and your host will answer to her will."

The Devil was sure of his victory, so on the papers he signed away, certain the beautiful woman would be his, some day.

The Son of God had fought well, but his young soul was trapped in hell, for he wanted her too, so in his arms she would dwell.

Intuitively, in his might, God knew the woman would need allies, because war was still brewing, Satan's hatred stewing, the pure soul of Christ and his undoing, where a prisoner of war, Iscariot, swore to kill the King of Kings, one ill act begets another, and so the King would fall,

So God the Father would rule with his just authority, as the Alpha and Omega over all.