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The Seven Deadly Sins

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I am the voice in your mind where your knowledge once reigned,
I am the fire in your heart, eating your manners and morality.
I am the endless hunger, consuming your thoughts like greedy flames, always wanting more and more, leaving you on the finest edge of sanity, always considering giving you the last push into the never-ending void of mad cravings.
What am I?
I am Lust

I am the chain binding you to your throne of weariness,
I am the burden on your shoulders, keeping you from rising to see the daylight.
I am the idea pestering your head, that even the smallest deed is far too rash to do, that nothing really is necessary, that the only thing you really have to do is just to sit and watch, as time and space rushed ahead at unimaginable speed.
What am I?
I am Sloth

I am the mask of superiority you wear in the presence of others,
I am the voice convincing you that you're better than your peers.
I am the poison in your head, the tongue telling you that you cannot be wrong, telling you that you should be stubborn in your endeavors, never giving up what you have said or thought, using whatever force needed to prove your lies.
What am I?
I am Pride

I am the luster in your eyes when you're watching what you want,
I am the dread you feel at the thought of sharing what is yours.
I am the feeling in your chest, urging you to keep what is yours, take what is not, leaving only the emptiness, whenever you take your petty taxes and tithes, not thinking for the pain, death and hatred you breed in your surroundings, only thinking of your hoard.
What am I?
I am Greed

I am the rush in your blood at the sound of insults,
I am the welling darkness in your mind, tempting you to kill.
I am the seething flames spreading throughout your body like a disease, the malevolence and hatred forcing you to take actions you would never consider a moment ago, your excuse for not regretting a single word or deed, done in raging madness.
What am I?
I am Wrath

I am the look on your face, seeing your neighbor's wealth,
I am the lust for everything not yours, be it love, power, or simple gold.
I am the feeling of insufficiency, the feeling that what you own is not enough, making you think that you deserve anything more than the others, but never really doing anything about it, only hating people around you for having what you do not.
What am I?
I am Envy

I am the push forcing you to take the step crossing the line,
I am the lust for using whatever you have and what you have not.
I am the urge making you acquiring things you do not need, just for the sake of doing it, uncaring if what you pay is yours or not, always pushing yourself to take the last step towards damnation, knowing that you don't need it, just doing it for the thrill of it.
What am I?
I am Gluttony
An entry for :iconkirstyc:'s contest here: [link]

Ummm...I couldn't pick just one or two of the sins, so I decided to do all of them...I see the Sins as something that has to be together, and can't be singled out, but that is just me...
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grimfairyreaper's avatar
hey cool! I would love to see a summery At the end to kind of round it off ending " I am your sin"...but hey thats just me!