Monday, June 13, 2011

seven deadly.

3.45am, 13th of June, 2011.
Listening to: Skrillex –WEEKENDS!!!.

Seven Deadly.
You, there.

Yes, you.

No, you don’t know us.

But, that’s about to change right now.

We’ve seen you around, admired your work and, well-

I think that you’d get along with us.

You seem like the type who’d know a good time.

Oh, the shenanigans we’d get up to.

Now, we’re not your typical crowd.

No, no.
We are very much unlike the rest.

What we do, and how we do it, is.. beyond typicality.

We are all you can possibly imagine, tenfold.

That is, if you can embrace us completely.

If you did that, well, your world would expand so very much more, so many new possibilities would be presented before you.

Hear us out.

Broaden your perspective for just a little while, sweetheart.

We have a proposition for you.

Close your eyes.

Think about what you want most in the world.
Got it?
Now, think of why it isn’t already in your possession.

Think of all the things that hold you back from receiving what you seek, achieving what you aim for.

And now, think of what it would be like if those obstacles didn’t exist. Visualize those constraints no longer holding you back, dragging you down.

This freedom you see at this very moment in your mind.. This is what we are.

We are your vindicators. Your liberation.

Possibilities would no longer be mere potential. They would be the physical. Within reach.

Nobody would be able to control us, we would do whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted. We could laze around all day if we liked; not moving a single inch, not lifting even one finger, if that’s what we decided.

My, I can see it now. The sheer extravagance of it all.. The wild antics upon penthouse rooftops, in cities abundant in all the right places.. Opulence left, right and center. We’d bathe in the most expensive luxuries we could afford, and maybe more than a few that we couldn’t.

But why stop there? Bottles of the finest wine, platters and platters of the delectable, the sweetest delicacies known to man. We’d take what we pleased, waiting for no one’s permission or seal of approval. And when all is gone, returned to dust, we’d simply utter the word, ‘More.’

Tell me what you covet, love. Share with me the secret indulgences you keep. With one sultry glance, all that you crave, all you yearn for will be laid before your feet. The carnal instincts buried so far beneath could finally be unleashed. Together, we could do all the things you have been longing to do. And allow those burning passions within to, like a fever, take over your body and exonerate you from all those self-inflicted hindrances.

And like we said, nobody would try to stop us, control us, contain us! None of these dull souls would dare cross our radiant paths. Only stand by, powerless against us, with nothing to do but stare in awe of our great glory.

For once in their miserable lives, they’d finally be stripped of all the things these materialistic fools ever had, the ones they never deserved in the first place. Things they never cherished, only took for granted. For once, they’d look to us and want. We’d be what everyone else sought to be, what they all resented deep inside.

By the end of our spree, we’d have destroyed this grand old town. Taken it all down with us, just because. In the heat of our tempest, we would lose control of even ourselves. The wreckage will be magnificent. The destruction shall be bold. The history we would write would be nothing short of epic.

Can you imagine that?
Can your mind divulge in your heart’s deepest desires?

If you knew you had the power to emancipate yourself from your mortal restraints, what would you do?

Oh dear, would you look at the time!
We’ve carried on much too long.
Our apologies.

And we haven’t yet introduced ourselves!
How rude of us.

Sloth, Greed, Gluttony, Lust, Pride, Envy and Wrath.
The Seven Deadly Sins.

We tend to bring out the worst in you.

But don’t fret, love.

I assure you
It’ll be such fun along the way.

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Behind the Story
Nobody’s perfect. But nobody’s perfectly imperfect either. It’s all good and well to imagine a life completely in tune with your morals, to be kind and virtuous and blah blah blah.. But what if we were to do the opposite? Give in to the corruption? Turn off the side of us that cares. We’d be happy, at least. Doing what we truly wanted to, without concern of consequences and fear of repercussion. If by chance, one day, somebody offered you that option, would you even hesitate?

‘I think you and my friends
Should hang out
On the weekends.'

I like to think that in this piece, each sin had its own voice. For example, Lust would of course been a woman, whose voice could entice a thousand men. Envy would be a little edgy, a little more attitude than the rest. Nevertheless, they would all be very classy, holding themselves completely composed. They would be the VIP group, the It crowd that everyone wanted to be a part of. They would do the things we all dreamt of but were too afraid to even grasp.