What I Knew / It Was Known

Gluttony

I waited for many hours and searched like a hunter

I fed my gluttony but not my spiritual hunger

With my sharp vision I could see from miles away

You were right there every night and everyday

I ate my prey as I sat on a tall tree

If I meditated, I could've been free

Free from sorrow, free from lust

I realized late and now I’m in a bust

Feeding my family kept me so busy

I learned once I aged when I got more dizzy

My Gluttony caught me as it was time to go; this is something that I should have known

Greed

I was the king of the jungle and wanted more land

Because everything inside was feeling so bland

I could have been alive and I could have prayed

I kept pushing it further and I always delayed

I wanted more slaves and that’s what I got

Sent them to dungeons and inside of cooking pots

My Greed caught me as it was time to go; this is something that I should have known

Ego

I was the largest animal, the great blue whale

And still I wasn't smart and it led to my fail

My reminiscence of where I came from was completely gone

I knew I would be coming back to sea as a prawn

I should have thought more about my return to You

Those who remember, they are only a few

I needed no one as I was the greatest to ever incite fear

Later I learned that only temporarily I am here

I needed to be fair and humble

Soon everything began to crumble

I had nothing left, not even a crew

Whatever I had was because of You

My Ego caught me as it was time to go; this is something that I should have known

Selfishness

As an owl, I was selfish and seeked only glory

I stayed up at night and marked my territory

I didn’t need anyone and I would not share

Others approached me only if they dared

I could have prayed layer after layer

I was awake all night but still did not care

My Selfishness caught me as it was time to go, this is something that I should have known

Wrath

I roamed the woods angrily and howled at the moon

I did something else when I was a baboon

I grew vulgar and had so much pain

I could only succeed if I were not vain

I was strong and swam the oceans as a shark

You reminded me with signs and even lit me a spark

Deep inside I was infused in violent nature

I kept coming back as a low-leveled creature

My Wrath caught me as it was time to go; this is something that I should have known

Lust

Once a tree, then a branch, and then a twig

I was brought back in the form of a pig

I lived an existence full of filth

All was gone from what I had built

As a mouse, I yearned for physical pleasure

But I forgot that You are the truest treasure

As a bat, I was lusted on blood

But deep inside my life was drowning a flood

My crave for Lust caught me as it was time to go, this is something that I should have known

Slothfulness

When I was a koala bear, I turned very lazy

The amount I slept was incredibly crazy

This was surely not the right suit

Sleeping all day and looking all cute

I was slow and became too calm

I had You right in my palm

My Slothfulness caught me as it was time to go, this is something that I should have known