Wrath forged into a blade of rage
Wielded to dismember limb from limb
Lust an uncontrollable flaming hurricane
Laying destruction on its desired path
Gluttony devouring all in its wake
Eagerly gorging to the point of no return
Greed a vat of golden colored oil
Roaring and claiming everything its own
Sloth slithering around in the pits
Rendering an eternal petrification
Envy lies deep in the still waters
Freezing stiff and craving others
Pride sails like a bludgeoning stone
Overly confident broken on the wheel
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Mandi (
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- Comment from author about the poem: The picture is Hieronymus Bosch The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things
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Thanks for sharing (and caring) MANDI ! Love BOSCH a very srrealist Painter and you in your turn have painted a great Tone Poem on the SDS. WRATH ~ LUST ~ GLUTTONY are negative opportunities we face everyday and are three evil DEMONS destroying "Polite Society" GREED ~ SLOTH ~ ENVY these three (and the worst of these is GREED) control Business & Commerce and especially POLITICS ! We all need to have a modicum of SELF ESTEEM but PRIDE flaunts it and often precedes a fall ! Check Galatians 5 (New Testament) for the nine Fruit of the Spirit (Love ~ Joy ~ Peace etc). They are the antithisis of the SDS and the traits we should cultivate ~ Thanks BRIAN ~ Please check my Poem ~ Thanks B.
I will check it out 😊❤
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