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Sin's Triumph
This mirror is in front of me.
Well, duh, it’s in front of me,
I can clearly see the monster it reflects.
I don’t really know how, or why, it got there.
But it did.
Tears are screaming, begging to come out,
But Pride says otherwise.
Sloth bangs on my chest like a door’s loud, proud knocker.
I crave for happiness,
So, Greed steals
The diamond of your heart
I fought Envy, but it seeps
Under my skin.
Gluttony stings my tongue with alcohol
and I can feel a buzz all over again.
Lust pounds, no, pulses through my veins
Like a raging fire of hormones.
Wrath rips me to the core.
And I wonder how I could this happen to me?
Of all the sick humans alive today,
I am the one to blame?
My gaze bore into the mirror, proud.
How could I be proud of the sins I’ve committed?
How could I even think of it?
A sweet, delicate being that
hides behind the mask of innocence?
But I surrender to the devil’s eyes
in the mirror in front of me.
“You’ve won,” I say,
And I take off the mask.
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A little free verse I wrote that feels pretty meaningful. I hope you feel the same :)