Greed stretches its claws endlessly forward, consuming wealth, power, and beauty without ever finding satisfaction. This sonnet delves into the shadows of avarice—the hunger that devours itself.

7 Deadly Sonnets
Greed

I covet gold, a dragon hoarding light,
Each coin a stolen sunbeam in my hands,
My heart a fortress, hidden out of sight,
Sealed tight by greed’s uncompromising sands.

I build my walls, high towers of desire,
Where treasures glint beneath a selfish sky;
I’d burn the earth to forge my gilded pyre,
And hoard the stars, if they could just be mine.

Yet riches weigh like shackles on the soul,
An iron chain that drags me to the deep,
Where all I claim to own devours me whole,
And leaves me haunted by the things I keep.

For greed, though jeweled and veiled in wanton grace,
Ensures no wealth can fill my hollowed place.

The 7 Deadly Sonnets

I. Lust
My pulse quickens at each whispered breath, desires draping the air like silken chains. ‘Lust,’ the first of the 7 Deadly Sonnets, explores the fevered, consuming hunger that blurs the lines between passion and peril.

II. Gluttony
‘Gluttony’ devours more than food—it consumes the soul. The second of the 7 Deadly Sonnets explores endless craving, the hunger for excess, and the void it leaves behind.