One day I was writing different things, and at that particular moment I was kind of fed up with the internet and just the world, so I wrote this "poem":
Devouring and delusional, it entices you
It calls your name out, whispering,
“I will satisfy you; I will give you everything.”
And so now you are diverted,
Your path is twisted into misery, yet
You are caught in oblivion.
It is subtle, slowly obliterating your
Memories of old, replacing it all with superficial joy.
“I will promise you long-lasting happiness,” it says,
And slowly but surely, you cannot be torn from it.
It is now your everything, your source of life.
“I am now your god,” it tells you.
As soon as you feel its barrier, its smooth and
Vile ways catch hold of you once more,
Forever keeping you in its trance.
I think many things are like this. Anything can take over our lives if we let it, and this happens when we place something else at the center of our lives instead of God. Nothing can truly give us happiness except for our Maker.
Outbreakband has this one song that goes like this:
Sei Du der Mittelpunkt in meinem Herzen,
Der Mittelpunkt in meinem Leben,
Ich gehöre Dir.
Sei Du der Mittelpunkt in meiner Schwäche,
Der Mittelpunkt in meiner Stärke,
Ich gehöre Dir.
The translation is (if you translate it slightly different than the LITERAL translation),
You are the center of my heart,
The center of my life,
I belong to You.
You are the center in my weakness,
The center in my strength,
I belong to You.
Instead of putting other things in the center of our hearts, we need to put God first. He only deserves that place.
-Viviana
*the picture is from Pinterest
