Greed's Brood
The Mother's Progeny run wild in This World.
1. Greed, mother to all the rest
2. She nurses them from her breast
3. She desires to have more
4. Depravity she implores
5. Overreaching as always
6. Having them grow, everyday
7. Released on this world they play
1. Gluttony, constant hunger
2. Never ceasing to consume
3. Stomach rumblings cause earthquakes
4. Forced to fast, with fear it shakes
5. Eyes are bigger than its plate
6. Eat to live? No. Live to eat.
7. This world, it will devour.
1. Pride, there is no one better
2. Will always try to hold out
3. It does not deserve better
4. It will only want the best
5. The pinnacle, The Apex
6. Looming above all others
7. Looking down on all others
1. Sloth has the capacity
2. It chooses to not do so
3. Its name? Sluggard of the earth.
4. Much potential with wide girth
5. Why are you not achieving?
6. Did you already attain?
7. Why give up when you can gain?
1. Lust is more than sexual
2. Deepness that’s perpetual
3. Gnawing at its core inside
4. True desires it can’t hide
5. It yearns for validation
6. Always chasing fulfillment
7. Bottomless bucket it fills
1. Envy wants what others have
2. Then it will start to feel glad
3. Coveting, such a sad state
4. Jealousy is a sad fate
5. Looks, Money, Status; Top Shelf
6. Always eyeing someone else
7. Never looking for itself
1. Wrath, Rage’s embodiment
2. Perpetual discontent
3. Embittering resentment
4. Why does it feel indignant?
5. Since it also feels poignant?
6. This babe is not justified
7. The Violent King, It Cries
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Author's notes: For those of you that would like to listen to my narration of this poem, please click the link below.
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Comments (4)
I love that each sin got seven lines to make their own stanza! So brilliantly written!! My favourite one is lust, just the way you described it and added what felt like an extra element to a true definition of it! Overall this is so clever and very insightfully written! Great work Thavien!
This really is fantastic! Wow! 👀 💕 🌟
This is out of this world fantastic. Very original and creative with a sense of depth that digs deep. Very well done.
I loved the format you used for this...everything in sevens. And your break down of each? So much in there for self reflection. They're not just as simple as they sound sometimes. Also loved your performance!