Virtues and Vices

Defining the Sins

But how to define a sin?

Whether by its worth to the world, or its capability to break a human?

The gravity of a sin is dependent on its host;

Those who have been harmed by the sin inherit its affliction,

Use the pain of the sin as a perfect embrace and defense.

The whisperings of the envious create a host of Envy,

pushing her to the brink of insanity and rage.

The hurt becomes wrathful and will inflict others with the pain of their Wrath.

Seeing the 1% hoarding the resources that he desperately needs,

Greed is the youth, trying to fight against the commercial oligarchy.

Valued only for her sex appeal and attractiveness, Lust begins;

But is it her name or her meaning, or are they twins?

The overworked pain and deep-set exhaustion, another sleepless night,

caused a never waking Sloth, their never-ending sleep taking over life.

The ceaseless praise, the effortless achievements, preceding a devastating fall;

Slowly, Pride begins to lose what caused their sin.

A pained cry of hunger, the excruciating pangs of an empty stomach withering,

The endless hunger from poverty caused Gluttony to form, his always empty stomach never feeling full.

For a sin is not defined by the actions of the sinner,

But by the causes that afflicted them with their sin.