Sin

Pain, purgatory, penance, for a pension To ease the worry and strife of those Plagued by many a transgression Both your allies and your foes Plagued by the convention of peace Torn to threads by the remnants of war Eras of bloodlines to arise and then cease As the prophets proclaim of the forbidden whore Lust swallows and consumes the masses Sexuality and sensuality become blind attachments As the pleasure rises, life begins to burn to ashes Leaving nothing but ripped flesh and broken fragments Greed consumes not the flesh, but the heart Both in the soul of man, as seas of blood part The taste of money tinged with a metallic tart As the coldness of it buries life before it can start Sloth paints a picture of peace and slumber As the winds of the night carry your soul away But when one stays forever, they become a number One of many, who’s lack of action has a price to pay Wrath that tears apart families and societies Is often acc