Sin

-Sin-
by Keaton Foster


Sin
Within
Without
By the ounce
By the pound
Applied light
Piled on heavy
We all must
Without question
Further carry
What we’ve done
And the because
Of why we did it
We’ll answer
For our sins
An ounce of flesh
Is the price for some
A mountain of regret
Is the cost for others
God above
The Devil below
Both keeping
A total
Both know
Our truest role
Both are aware
Of our sins
Both past
And present
Both minute
And extraordinary
The cruelest of bastards
They’ll let nothing slip
We can’t escape
All that we’ve done
Regardless of why
Despite how come
We’ll gonna pay
Harshly I’ll add
Sin
What we’ve done
What we failed to do
And all else in between
This world is mixed up
This place is madness
But we still must
Not cast any stones
We still must
Do what is deemed right
It’s all that we have
All that we can rely on
It’s what separates us
From animals
And in some cases
From each other
We only get one life
One finite ride
One chance to do right
One chance make up for all
That we’ve done wrong
Sin
Thinking of why
And the how come
We did what we did
God will indeed
Question us
And we alone must
Have an answer
Worthy of his interest
Appeasing of his judgement
Because if we don’t
I fear we are gonna pay
A price far more
Than most of us
Are prepared to pay…

Sin
Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2015.