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Published: 2007-09-20 16:29:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 67; Favourites: 0; Downloads: 1
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Description Though temptation
Seductively calls your name,
Remain unmoved,
For through those
Decieving promises
Lies a whirlpool in
Disguise

Once a victim
Crosses that threshold,
They are driven down,
Dragged struggling
To the bottom of
A relentless current,
Unable to break the
Water's surface

But plummet not
Into the darkness
Of desire,
Retain the knowledge
Of humility,
And through it,
Find equilibrium
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Comments: 8

AshleyLeopard [2007-10-09 03:57:11 +0000 UTC]

I thought it was interesting how you used temptation here, since you normally don't associate temptation and temperance. I like it, because I took it to mean that it's balancing yourself from too much of anything...in other words, not being tempted to have too much. I think it proves how all of the virtues (and the sins, too, for that matter) intertwine.

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catnipkitty In reply to AshleyLeopard [2007-10-10 20:05:55 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I really had trouble when writing this one and someone commented earlier that it wasn't really like temperance. But when I looked back at it, what you said is pretty much what I had thought.

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AshleyLeopard In reply to catnipkitty [2007-10-11 03:03:45 +0000 UTC]

Well, art IS based on interpretation. Or something like that. x)

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catnipkitty In reply to AshleyLeopard [2007-10-11 19:02:43 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, so if someone doesn't get it....you get drama.... ......

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AshleyLeopard In reply to catnipkitty [2007-10-12 03:06:28 +0000 UTC]

Although there's really no reason for a dramallama. x)

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catnipkitty In reply to AshleyLeopard [2007-10-14 01:32:40 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I don't get the point of arguing about poetry. It just leads to more arguments...

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Alchemy-of-the-Heart [2007-10-07 02:05:39 +0000 UTC]

Good thoughts, good wording - but I don't think it applies to temperance. It deals, rather, with resisting temptation, whereas temperance is "moderation in all things."

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catnipkitty In reply to Alchemy-of-the-Heart [2007-10-08 16:52:03 +0000 UTC]

I realize what temperance is. This one gave me some problems to begin with, but I do refer to balance in the end of the poem. Thanks for your opinion!

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