The Sum Of All Sins Poem by Majdoleen (Maggie) Sukayri

As I feel the pull of the tides in the grand seas,
I am in Adam's Hell. I have eaten the Apple that fell from the Tree
Aware of the Great Sins, I am now lost in the Sea of Doubt
Has this turmoil of emotional immaturity taken me in?
Why do I remain in the grasp of the Devil's gnarled hands?
Should I break free, I surely will drown
Should I succumb, I surely will suffocate

In the throes of a mare, I look out to Venus for mercy.
Once again, in the dark, my eyes fail to lead my way
I open my mouth, words don't form,
And my screams of refuge are muted
Silenced, I walk alone in my self-forged Limbo
Restrained through no fault of my own…
My original sin, my personal need for a jamboree
I now embrace my sentence, with a diffident bow
As the resonance of this social retardation whispers in my ear

Yet again, my convictions failed to lead me to victory
I have known, all along of this non-existent Heaven on Earth
This everlasting tranquility…
So why do I continue this pursuit?
Why do I act indifferent to these convictions?

In founding the great Seven,
They dropped an Eighth
An intentional act to test man
To delude, to forge hope
A secluded sin,
Though within itself is comprised of all Sins

The Abandonment of Conviction!

I have given up a power far greater than love,
Far greater than hate
A power lost between Good and Evil
The ultimate state of each
The Power of Conviction

I have avoided all sins known to man,
Mere components of the greatest
Only to find myself, in the end, accountable for all!