Dark Sloth Poems

Once feeling envy for your imposing life 
Lusted after your confidence and your possessions. 
The greed consumed me until the hunger 
overtook my natural sloth-like...

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Submission to the sleeping lion 
Seeing his shadow as a place to lie in 
The darkness of eternal obscurity and sin 
Not unveiling our bright...

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apathy grows, dread heavy in the heart
laziness lingers on the spirit’s light
sluggishness gestures - cloudy, dimming hope
idleness, lethargy, dark shadow’s plight





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I’m tricky, sometimes hard to recognize,
for I don’t rule ALL those with idle hands.
The Devil knows which ones are mine. His lies
provide them with a...

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I am on a little stay-cation.
No plans. None.
Melting into my chair, my eyes close.
This is a napping house.
We keep it dark for the TV advantage.
It...

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Worry not, for you are safe.
Stay in place and stuff your face.
There's only entrances, no exits in sight.
You paid your way here, so please be...

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A large and lush bed,
Elegance surrounds you.
Everything is at your fingertips
Nothing is out of reach
You need not leave your bed.
One of the many beautiful and...

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It was the missing decade 
of my life that came back,
late on one clammy night.

Wearing your visage
of a foraging girl
at the foot of a tranquil...

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