HeartStrings

I can be your salvation.
I can be your demise.
I can be bright and clear,
Or shrouded,
Disguised.
I'm the ultimate weapon.
I'm the world-wide cure.
I can make you feel baffled
Or steady and sure.

You try to escape
My impending control.
But finding you,
Binding you:
My ceaseless goal.

The others advise you
With words not their own.
For deep down inside them,
My virus has grown.
Ensnaring their senses,
Blinding their will;
They've surrendered their hearts
For me to come fill.

So I tell you,
The Brazen,
The Bold,
And The Wise:
You've discovered how not to be
Trapped with my lies.
You're right to be frightened.
You're right to take wing.
Only you can see them;
Those long, silver strings.

So, before I consume you,
Hold your heart and cup it.
Whisper a goodbye;
For you're my next
puppet.