My seven sins in full glory,
And darkness all around;
Truth to an old story
Like old memories found.
First is Pride,
Vanity and conceit;
Devil's bride
One of the elite.
Envy—second of my sins,
Green-eyed and fair;
With this begins
The devil's affair.
Gluttony, the third,
Personified within me;
Nothing is heard
As the devil lays out his feast.
Lust: the succeeding,
Desire for feeling;
Hearts bleeding
Devil's blow reeling.
Anger, the fifth,
Red-eyed and deceiving;
No more a myth
Than my own grieving.
Sixth is Greed,
Coveting all before you;
Eyes bleed
As your desire begins anew.
Finally is Sloth,
Last of my sins;
Cut of the same cloth
And the devil finally wins.
Such a story isn't told
To all who come along;
Their defiance must be bold
Their belief strong.
Not pure,
Not innocent at all;
For my sickness, no cure
No wings to soften my fall.
Snow in the deepest midnight,
Raven's hair cascading;
Gothic snow—such a sight
Though the memories are fading.
Banished, it seems,
Alone with my seven;
Forever in my dreams—
Long-lost heaven…