The Payoff

Think of a moment
when you were by yourself
thoughts echoing off of walls
confused
while you knelt
trying to understand
what the man beside you says
promising you everything
as he leads you towards a ledge
where the voice from outside
suddenly resides within
your conciousness becomes
tied to him
and you realize
how easy it is for them
to hate, steal, rape and bend
the soul
into shapes
that deep inside 
you could see yourself make
see how easy it is to break
to become the evil
that you take
and point at
label and portray
as something you could never be
and no i'm not advocating escape
to let whats inside you create
a world of misery and pain
i need you to realize
that the hardest road 
will always produce better gains