Pride Poem by Justin Reamer

I am one of the Seven Deadly Sins,
One of the human instincts,
One of the dark sides of human nature,
And one of the daemons from the Pit.

You may find me in your life
If you are narcissistic,
If you are selfish,
If you are pompous,
Stuck-up,
Snotty,
Snobbish,
Self-centred,
Rude,
Snarky,
Self-serving,
Sarcastic,
Elitist,
Or just plainly proud.

I am the reason you may brag
All the time,
And why people do not like
To be around you.

I am the reason that you
Always have to be the centre
Of every conversation,
Because you think
You are so important.

I am the reason that you
Like to show off all the time,
Because you think you have all the moves,
And that everyone loves you for it.

I am the reason that
You like to look at yourself
In the mirror,
Because you think you
Are so good-looking,
That you cannot
Get enough of yourself.

I am the reason
You cannot have a stable
Relationship,
Because you think the ladies love you,
And you think you have all the
Stupid pick-up lines,
And you think you're so good-looking,
But you do not realise
That you are a complete jerk.

I am the reason you are so pompous,
Because you think you are so special,
And you think you are so better than everyone else,
That you go around
Feeling good about yourself.

You see, my friend,
I am the reason that Lucifer fell.
Why Hitler fell,
Why Stalin died,
Why Julius Caesar was assassinated,
Why Cain did not take responsibility
For his actions,
And why Ramses suffered agony
When Moses was escaping from Egypt.

You see, my friend,
Your life is tainted with me,
And pretty soon you will be miserable,
And it will amuse me to see you tortured,
For I must admit,
It will get fun.

I will eventually kill you,
Since I am deadly,
Working like a poison through your veins,
Affecting your mind,
Poisoning it,
And drugging it,
And killing brain cells in the process.
And then I will reach for your heart,
Where I shall kill you in your sleep,
For your heart,
Which is almost none,
Shall stop.

For you who are clean of us,
Beware of us,
For we are deadly,
And will poison you in whatever
Way we can,
So beware of what we are capable of,
And beware of our presence,
For if we get to you,
There is no escaping us.