7even Devils.

I met Lust at 5 am on her way home:

“Where were you”, I asked.

“With my lovers, so now the streets I roam”

Her pretty face was masked

and her heels in hand she carried.

I marveled: “tell me how to be like you!”

“Indulge, be not sorry, and don’t get married.

Love your freedom and never wear the colour blue.”

She kept going and so did i

My heart was filled with roses and the question why.

***

I met Greed at 9 am trying to avoid the law:

“What are you doing”, If I may wonder.

“Stealing things from people, that’s my only flaw

I never get enough so I go very very under”.

I marveled: “tell me how to be like you!”

“Cheat, kill your conscious, wear a dirty smile.

Love your money and be more and more vile”

He kept going and so did I

My heart was filled with dollars and the question why.

***

I met Gluttony at 12 pm having lunch in private:

“How are you feeling”, I wanted to know

“Empty, so I need to eat some more,

I loathe myself, though it may never show”.

I marveled: “tell me how to be like you!”

“Feast, be never full, drink and you’ll survive.

Love your profusion and it’ll make you feel alive.”

He kept going and so did I,

My heart was filled with candies and the question why.

***

I met Sloth at 4 pm taking a nap:

“How are you sleeping?”, I tried to whisper.

“Tired from the life I am supposed to live,

I have no ambition, nor desire, nothing to believe.”

I marveled: “tell me how to be like you!”

“Be never rested, always lazy, forever unfulfilled .

Love your decay, unaware of the passion you have killed.”

He kept going and so did I,

My heart was filled with snails and the question why.

***

I met Wrath at 8 pm screaming at a tree:

“Why are you shouting?”, I dared to say

“Because I stumbled on this awful weed

and hurt my foot so I will make it pay!”

I marveled: “tell me how to be like you!”

“Stay angry all the time and keep hatred in your heart.

Love your rage, resent everything including art.”

He kept going and so did I,

My heart was filled with thorns and the question why.

***

I met Envy at 12 am tearing up a dress:

“What made you do it”, I looked at her.

“She’s prettier than me, but she won’t impress

with ruined clothes her confidence will burn”

I marveled: “tell me how to be like you!”

“Be jealous, curse them all who have what you don’t.

Love your insatiable desire and always want the things they own.”

She kept going and so did I,

My heart was filled with gold and the question why.

***

I met Pride at 3 am walking in the middle of the path:

“Where are you going”, I asked in awe.

“To a place where my best friend is Wrath,

and hand by hand Lust and Envy will show –

- two gorgeous creatures whose mother is Greed;

and their cousin Sloth is all we need.

I am the deadliest one of all.

I can make you shine and spark and glow

but I’m gonna need your heart -

soft as the song of the Bard.

We don’t need no God.

We already know we are that bad.

You marvel, but do you really wanna be like me?

Our world is an endless sea of joys but passion is the key.

We chose to be sinners

and we’ll destroy everything pure and inner.”

***

She kept going and so I followed her

My heart was filled with truth and all the “whys” were now a blur.

V.