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The Colors of Damnation
What color is hell?
For some, it burns red and orange
Fire and brimstone fall from the sky
Lava surrounds burning rocks like a mote
Others say hell is white and blue
A land frozen, cold, and abandoned by God
For me, hell is many colors
Allow me to explain
Hell has seven sections
The first glows pink
Within the haze
People yearn for contact
A release never achieved
This is Lust
The second shines yellow
A glare from the eyes
Of men and women
Who want it all
They're never satisfied
This is Greed
Adjacent to yellow
A field of green
Where they want what you got
They won't stop 'till it's theirs
but they'll never be happy with it
This is Envy
Next we see
An acid orange abyss
Full of those who hunger
They've had their fill and more
Yet they will never be satiated
This is Gluttony
Across the way
A couch upholstered in blue
People sit
Tired, lazy, lacking ambition
But hard work is coming
This is Sloth
Deep in a red sea
Bloodshed is commonplace
Revenge is a hobby
People hate indiscriminately
Their rage blinds them
This is Anger
Last, and perhaps the worst of all
A purple palace
Full of those
Too confident to recognize their flaws
Flaws that will never be corrected
This is Pride
Critiques
yenti
16 years 10 months ago
Seven Deadly Sins
Diatom Shells
16 years 10 months ago
im reminded
Nordic cloud
16 years 10 months ago
What a lovely way of putting
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