12/15/2025
I've had numerous messages and comments asking for the poem in text, so here you go:
The Devil's Sit
The devil came to see me,
And I offered him a chair.
I said don't plan to stay too long,
But you can sit right there.
He grinned from ear to ear,
As he took the vacant seat.
He said you've been gone so long,
I thought we'd never meet.
I said I haven't been hard to find.
I've been living in plain sight.
You've just been searching in the shadows,
While I've been standing in the light.
He said so what brings you here,
To a place that I can find?
This is a place the shadows reach,
But you don't seem to mind.
Even as the sky turns black,
As the daylight turns to night,
You haven't tried to escape this place.
Have you given up the fight?
I said I have no fear of darkness,
And I have no need to hide.
The holy spirit lives within me,
And His light shines inside.
The devil jumped back and cursed my name,
And threw his chair aside.
He overflowed with hate and rage,
And all his demons cried.
He screamed how could you do this?
You should have stayed away!
Now you'll know my anger.
I'll hunt you every day.
I said I'm standing here before you,
So you have no need to hunt.
But your rage toward me is useless,
If I may be so blunt.
But still I didn't come to find you,
Or to turn your heart of stone.
I came to find more like me,
And I'm not leaving here alone.
The devil turned to hide his face,
And walked away in shame.
As I shined God's light into the darkness,
To seek the lost and lame.
John E Stephenson
aka: Johnny LipLuster
