Written for A Dante's 'Inferno' Challenge....

Nine Ways Down

Treachery

Oh how I knew

this treacherous

treacherous

heart of mine

would do me no good

and still... I let it rule me

how I wish I could just cut it out

and serve it for tea....

Fraud

deception at its lowest ebb

fills even the deceiver

with thoughts of dread

for where goest I now

but  further down deceptions path

where the inevitable end

looms fast....

Violence

I cannot stay my hand

now violence is raised

there is no peace

if there is no praise

there is no reason

no love to be gained

for violence is my name....

Heresy

what is heresy to some

when all minds differ

and different hearts believe

what their hearts believe...

what is truth, trust, deceit

if we all believe in good over evil

and will not rest until harmony

is complete...

Anger

Oh what bad breeder

anger is

both mother and father

of anger bred

anger begetting anger

vicious circle

that never ends

until all are dead...

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Greed

...and what sense this

that some

in richness live

while others

others die

in the streets

from cold and hunger...

what sense this... indeed...

Gluttonony

Crapulous opulence...

eating until vomit rises

in waves of foul bile

from distorted bellies

and turn a blind eye

as you order desert...

a blind eye and fat choked heart

to those who hunger

one warm cooked meal....

Lust

Not love.... on no

I was arrogant

to admit it face to face

not love, dear

lust.... Lust...

I lust after your

body....

that firm flesh

not love... never love...

Limbo

After playing with treachery

and dallying in Fraud & Violence

and even heresy

I spent some time embroiled in

Anger, greed and gluttony

... I thought lust would be my friend

But that did not end

.... well....

And now.... now I find myself

In limbo

That land of certain madness

And await... whatever is my fate...

Sharonlee©

28/01/2011 1:18 PM