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The Injured Soul: A Poem and Essay About the Damaging Effects of Wrath, Jealousy, and Vanity

Carmellita
3 min readApr 21, 2023

When jealousy, vanity, and wrath like a triad of hurt may be the result and cause of why hurt people hurt people.

Three shadowy figures surrounded by darkness representing vanity, jealousy, and wrath.
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Hurt people hurt people, so many have witnessed and concurred,
Oh, when wrath, jealousy, and vanity combine, the soul is surely injured.
With fiery anger, from a distressed mind, wrath lashes out his pain,
And jealousy, a green-eyed beast, consumes the heart in vain.

Vanity, the queen of ego’s delight, sits high and mighty on her throne.
Yet, in her shadows, love and compassion are rarely displayed or shown.
How this triad of danger wreaks havoc on the soul!
And what remains is broken as they swallow you whole.

Together, their torments are most treacherous and venomous,
if we dismantle the joy and beauty and good growing within us
only to cling to these vices, that distort and disconnect
in feeble and often unwarranted attempts to protect.

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Carmellita
Carmellita

Written by Carmellita

Writer, Poet, Storyteller, & Scholar. BA in Speech Communication. Joyful Creator. Blogger with an old-school flavor. A former ghostwriter who came back to life.

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