GLUTTONY (Poetic Series: Seven Deadly Sins)

freeinthought (64)in #poetry • 7 years ago (edited)

GLUTTONY

Feeding the appetite
Of nonsensical logic
Gorging on slop at the trough
A swine in men's clothing
Drowning in disgust
Never in himself will he trust

Pasting over problems
With chocolate covered desserts
Hiding in distraction
Busied by buffets of contempt for oneself
Forgetting the admirable potential within him
He wallows in candy covered lust wishing he were slim

Spiraling deeper in descent
Emotions blacken his spirit
Apathy sets in
Hopes and dreams are soured like grapes
He curses himself
His body sags melting away ambition
No woman would dare kiss him

Falling deeper into despair
Life itself no longer has meaning
Depression has taken away all his care
Suffering and sadness feeding the demon
Now owning his very soul
A slave
Forever stuck in bottomless hole

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Poetic Series: Seven Deadly Sins

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This series is inspired by the Seven Deadly Sins. I'll be sharing my personal thoughts about the subject in a poem inspired by each deadly sin. It should be a lot of fun!

Seven Deadly Sins (click link for past posts)

Lust
Gluttony
Greed
Sloth
Wrath
Envy
Pride

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nomadinsoco (58) 7 years ago

ive never thought of glutton as a deadly sin. what about you? I mean compared to the other sins

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freeinthought (64) 7 years ago (edited)

It's an odd one isn't it? I accept that it is one of them. In my writing I explain my reasons why I feel that way.

I've always seen the unhealthy overindulgence in food (although it dosn't necessary have to be just food) as an obsessive behavior. One that is born as a reaction or coping mechanism to other issues in one's life. It's as bad a turning to alchohol for the comfort. In fact it's the same thing in this context.

All of it leads to no place that is good. A dark place and downward spiral to demise. Only more and new problems to worry about.

It's not so much being overweight that's the problem, it how gluttony never treats the root of a problem and after all that and the price you've paid, you are still stuck with the same problems. The result is more problems...

I say all this out of some amount of experience. I struggled with being overweight to various extents most of my life. For me it was lack of confidence in myself, especially when I was young. High school was brutal. I wanted to die after constantly hearing people refer to me as fat. But despite their cruelty, I never took responsibility for understanding why I didn't have confidence and made it worse by finding comfort in eating.

It never made me happy to look into the mirror at my body. So we need to be real and admit that gluttony can never be good and only leads to a worse place.

Surely it's no less a deadly sin than sloth or any of the others?

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