Abide These Three
Pride
– Destroyer of friends and kin.
Pride
– The vilest reason to win.
Pride
– The monster that dwells within.
Pride
– A root of sin.
Greed
– A mouth never satisfied.
Greed
– The lust for which men have died.
Greed
– The monster that dwells inside.
Greed
– A root of sin.
Rage
– An all-consuming gall
Rage
– Turner of fool to thrall.
Rage
– The monster inside us all.
Rage
– A root of sin.
Sin
– The curse we’re born into.
Sin
– The lie in all we do.
Sin
– The monster namèd You.
Sin
– The way of Death.
Faith
– Whereby the lost can pray.
Faith
– The sinner’s only way.
Faith
– To every monster slay.
Faith
– A gift of God.
Hope
– In what we strive to gain.
Hope
– The Lamb for sinner’s slain.
Hope
– To end the monster’s reign.
Hope
– A gift of God.
Love
– To save Man from his fall.
Love
– Our “Abba, Father!” call.
Love
– The greatest of them all.
Love
– A gift of God.
God
– The Father chose to save.
God
– The Son conquered the grave.
God
– The Spirit that They gave.
God
– The way of Life.
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I love how it felt almost as if you personifying each of the vices and virtues, and provided a contrast between sin and God! Add on to that an amazing rhyme and structure, and you get a great poem! :D
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