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Sinner

by Nightshade-444

A consummation. Urges taking over me. My mind fails me. I must climb these walls. I must overcome my wants. Alas, I cannot. I want for too much. Crave the things that I lack. Maybe that is why... Maybe that is why... My own people call me Greed. I take and I take. Yes, I am Greed, sure. But I am undermined too. Sure, I am Greed, yes. But I am Lust too. I crave and crave and crave and I want and I want. Desires overwhelm my body, Greed and Lust and... Wrath, for what I miss. Wrath and Greed and Lust, I am three, yet I am one, unholy trio. Shame, though, also felt. Shame of this monster I am. Nature, hold me down.
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Nightshade-444

“My breath is offensive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own brothers” - Job 19:17 || Welcome to my page. I like to write about myself and the things I experience, sometimes metaphorically, sometimes not.

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Your Poem's Voice

PersonalThemeAbstract

Abstract exploration of sin/vice personified, yet grounded in personal confession.

SparseMeasureDense

Multiple interconnected ideas densely packed: greed, lust, wrath, shame layered progressively.

DarkSentimentBright

Predominantly negative: despair, overwhelming desire, self-loathing, though some acceptance emerges.

StillEnergyExplosive

Repetition and anaphora build momentum; intense emotional pressure but controlled pacing.

MicroLengthEpic

30 lines total; fits 16-30 range.

PlainFigurativeOrnamented

Rich personification of sins, metaphorical body possession, climbing/wall imagery, nature appeals.

LyricVoiceDramatic

Pure lyric internal voice; introspective confession without narrative or dramatic distance.

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Comments (2)

Hi..itsme..Auburn.
Sure, get this a lot. This poem is very relatable to me anyway. I am currently new to Power Poetry. I just joined today, and this is the first piece I have read. I was on a platform called Write the World but yeah I wanted to try something new!
Nightshade-444
By the way, lust is not intended as a sexual context; it means to want something that I do not currently have

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