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a seducing temptation
by Melissa Arel
The world's trappings
with all its wrappings
of glitter and gold
can seem tempting
while your soul is emptying
that which you cannot hold.
Sin can be seductive -
yes even self-destructive,
a dead-end road
to inner clarity
pure sincerity
and all He has bestowed.
07/30/2006 Author's Note: something i just jotted down.. in rough draft form i guess..
Posted on 08/01/2006
Copyright © 2025 Melissa Arel
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 08/01/06 at 03:48 AM Quite profound Melissa. Would make a great opening poem to a novel. Excellent! |
| Posted by Thomas K. Hunt on 08/01/06 at 04:01 AM I agree with the rhyming, very nicely done ...excellent read |
| Posted by Christel Crews on 08/01/06 at 01:46 PM "while your soul is emptying, that which you cannot hold." ~ i loved this line! we are all tempted but it seems to me there is a seduction to certain temptations that make them all the more difficult to resist, but we can resist, for there is strength in the resistance :) beautiful piece, mel! |
| Posted by Tim D Livingston on 08/04/06 at 04:45 PM I heard a preacher quote Martin Luther, "If you're going to sin, sin boldly!" I guess that means the sooner you get to the end of that dead end road the sooner you can return to inner clarity. I don't quite agree with the whole idea but there's some truth to it. That almost gives someone who is being tempted permission to go for it when they could turn and repent. God would rather us be hot or cold. Anyway, don't know where I was going with that but great work Lissakoss. |
| Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 12/08/06 at 03:05 AM Succinct and direct and oh so true. |
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