SIN-o-NYMS, 3a

Lines Based on Synonyms for the Seven Deadly Sins

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: envy, gluttony, greed or avarice, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath

Greed (a): acquisitiveness

See, acquisitiveness can be a such a bad trait—

For you care about things—yes, a thirst you can’t sate.

For just owning a thing can just never suffice,

So you keep buying things—and you don’t mind the price.

At the end of your life you have mountains of things,

But you never have felt what true happiness brings.

Oh, true happiness, yes—you’ll not know what you’ve lost—

For your soul’s been consumed by your things—oh, the cost!