It hit my mind today like that cyclone which hit the coast of Oman a few days back....
Our lives more or less can be summarised in two kind of actions:
1. Sinning or 2. Running away from them
Not that I am an expert in figuring out which out of the two I am doing every moment but yet you come to know about which of the two you have been more indulging in every night as you sleep in your bed, wondering where the day went wrong. Here are some verses...rather, some flirtations, with the seven sins - as I understand it:
Flirtations with the Sins
Naught I want, naught I fancy, This I can anytime not declare
There’s many a need, many a desire always lingering to ensnare
Wants never cease, wishes never end – which they all in turn, breed
Root of all evil, fostering father of other sins, yes – that’s known as Greed
Greed has a crafty brother, quite cunning and wily, please take heed
You will never realize - till becomes your best friend, till it entreats
Indulgence, is its sweet song, and excesses, its succulent symphony
Not before a long you grasp – you’re its victim, a victim of Gluttony
At every corner, every bend in life we perpetually encounter this vice
There's No dearth of it in this world – which comes to me as no surprise
So cruel it is, crushes all of your joy, happiness and harmony in its stride
So beware of this vice, that sometimes is called avarice and sometimes pride
The Next in line I have to acknowledge by its omnipresence
Leaps at every weak moment, its best to forever keep its distance
And it Spawns cravings, primal desires, which Curb but you must
Lest you find yourself a target of the fourth dangerous vice which is Lust
Greed’s son is lurking around, waiting; – it’s hardly a long one
To breed in you that feeling which now seems not so uncommon
Its second nature to you to always lose control and believe it, that’s a fact
Every other person seems to be inflicted with this Sin called as wrath
Theres one more Sin which until now, even I was unaware was a sin
When it dawned upon me, it consumed you from all but from within,
You fall into its trap Naïvely, only know it when you become distraught
That laziness can also be a Sin, comprehend it, it goes by the name of Sloth
The Last ones there too, again, bred by that first disdainful weakness
One that oft gives rise to wrath, obliterates peace of mind, causes much distress
All find it very convenient to indulge in few fulfilling moments of jealousy
Befriending that blemisher of most relationships, which every human knows as Envy
Yes those are the failings which we ought to be careful always to avoid
All very cunning, very devious, leaving your soul with an unfillable void
Be certain to be aware to steer clear of them as you drive though your habitual existence
Else you, like the “million others” will be ensnared with illusions of 7 Deadly Sins
The result of experiment? – “I am still among those ‘Million others’”
Our lives more or less can be summarised in two kind of actions:
1. Sinning or 2. Running away from them
Not that I am an expert in figuring out which out of the two I am doing every moment but yet you come to know about which of the two you have been more indulging in every night as you sleep in your bed, wondering where the day went wrong. Here are some verses...rather, some flirtations, with the seven sins - as I understand it:
Flirtations with the Sins
Naught I want, naught I fancy, This I can anytime not declare
There’s many a need, many a desire always lingering to ensnare
Wants never cease, wishes never end – which they all in turn, breed
Root of all evil, fostering father of other sins, yes – that’s known as Greed
Greed has a crafty brother, quite cunning and wily, please take heed
You will never realize - till becomes your best friend, till it entreats
Indulgence, is its sweet song, and excesses, its succulent symphony
Not before a long you grasp – you’re its victim, a victim of Gluttony
At every corner, every bend in life we perpetually encounter this vice
There's No dearth of it in this world – which comes to me as no surprise
So cruel it is, crushes all of your joy, happiness and harmony in its stride
So beware of this vice, that sometimes is called avarice and sometimes pride
The Next in line I have to acknowledge by its omnipresence
Leaps at every weak moment, its best to forever keep its distance
And it Spawns cravings, primal desires, which Curb but you must
Lest you find yourself a target of the fourth dangerous vice which is Lust
Greed’s son is lurking around, waiting; – it’s hardly a long one
To breed in you that feeling which now seems not so uncommon
Its second nature to you to always lose control and believe it, that’s a fact
Every other person seems to be inflicted with this Sin called as wrath
Theres one more Sin which until now, even I was unaware was a sin
When it dawned upon me, it consumed you from all but from within,
You fall into its trap Naïvely, only know it when you become distraught
That laziness can also be a Sin, comprehend it, it goes by the name of Sloth
The Last ones there too, again, bred by that first disdainful weakness
One that oft gives rise to wrath, obliterates peace of mind, causes much distress
All find it very convenient to indulge in few fulfilling moments of jealousy
Befriending that blemisher of most relationships, which every human knows as Envy
Yes those are the failings which we ought to be careful always to avoid
All very cunning, very devious, leaving your soul with an unfillable void
Be certain to be aware to steer clear of them as you drive though your habitual existence
Else you, like the “million others” will be ensnared with illusions of 7 Deadly Sins
The result of experiment? – “I am still among those ‘Million others’”
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