Weighing the heart by the feather of truth

By Her Beautiful Melancholy

GLUTTONY consumed and devoured everything within his reach. To him, the world was one endless buffet that only he has the privilege to.

Until he met LUST...


LUST never begged or chased after anyone.  

Anything LUST desired was acquired.

Instead, she tempted and bewitched everyone around her. Until they were mad with lust and desire, succumbing to LUST'S every beck and call.


GLUTTONY both fascinated and irritated LUST, who try as she may. Failed to tempt and seduce GLUTTONY.

LUST who neither hungered nor consumed anything.

And GLUTTONY understood. The endless buffet he gorged himself on no longer belonged to him alone anymore. He would have to share.

GLUTTONY became bitter and indignant, and his growing displeasure at LUST'S deliberate aloofness slowly set him unhinged. LUST different to him never hungered or yearned for anything yet tempted everyone with such effortless ease sent him into a blinding madness. A madness that consumed the very essence of GLUTTONY until all that was left was hunger. 

Delirious with greed and his insatiable desire to consume GLUTTONY devoured LUST.


ENVY desired everything. 

His jealousy and bitterness knew no rival, especially when it came to things, he neither had nor understood. Bitter and Vindictive ENVY came to those around him in many different forms. Sometimes he appeared with a kind smile, and sometimes he offered to lend a helping hand but behind the charming smile and innocent face lied a scheming mind, waiting for the perfect moment to strike and take whatever he wanted.


But even then, ENVY never managed to take away everything LOVE had. And that made him resentful. The smiles and melodious laughter, all the innocence and gay banter that filled the air even after ENVY robbed them of everything, they worked so hard to attain, had him seething with rage.

He studied this. Trying to understand what it was.

But the more he observed, the less he understood. 


Until LOVE finally revealed herself offering ENVY a helping hand.

LOVE confused ENVY.

LOVE made Envy bitter and vindictive.

LOVE had everything ENVY desired.

LOVE was complete. She lacked nothing. 

While ENVY who accumulated vast fortunes had ''nothing''. ENVY was alone.

ENVY. Who always Offered a smile, and a helping hand conceived a brilliant plan. ENVY would fool LOVE into thinking she could trust him. He would become her friend, and then when she was at her most vulnerable, he would betray her most agonizingly and take away everything she has.


However

To ENVY'S greatest displeasure. LOVE wasn't at a loss for anything and even forgave ENVY. This disappointed ENVY made him hateful.

He desired to own everything LOVE had. But no matter what he did to LOVE, he couldn't seem to take it for himself.


Consumed by Greed and Jealousy, ENVY killed LOVE...

But instead of getting everything, LOVE had ENVY ended up all ALONE.


What is the moral of the story?


Pictures found at(1) Art – Se7en Deadly

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  1. stormJuly 4, 2021 at 1:16 PM

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  2. stormJuly 4, 2021 at 1:41 PM

    Nice thoughtful post. Its amazing how quickly we humans return to our innate natures.
    Only by accepting ourselves and those around us for who we are can me move past our ignorance's.

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  3. UnknownJuly 4, 2021 at 3:32 PM

    Amazing, so thought provoking!

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