Wrath

There's no reason to tread lightly concerning the subject of wrath, as it would be quite impossible to accurately describe it if you did. It's a beautiful word, my favorite synonym for anger and respite. It almost always flows from the tongue in a manner of fervent energy; such a passionate word should only be used this way. We all know what it pertains to, or at least that it's one of the cardinal sins. We classify it merely as anger and understand that it is an unrighteous concept. Doing this is such a waste of such a human feeling. You can't truly appreciate wrath if you only think of it as anger, and trust me, it's so... fulfilling to embrace it. Don't be afraid to admit it, that's partly why it's a sin in the first place. It's a delicious poison that seemingly forces a person into committing the most vile of crimes: Rape, murder, genocide, anything that brings to mind causing intense pain and suffering can be associated with this.We've all felt it, the stiffening of the muscles, the insurmountable rage, the loss of all moral obligation. It's so natural, such a common part of our lives.

Wrath gets a bad rap. It is really the only sin that involves such demented and horrific destruction. By no means am I saying that everyone who walks in on their significant other cheating should forcefully insert sharp objects into them. Nor am I suggesting that after a bad day at work you should blow off some steam by finding a homeless person and drug them, hang them by their toes and slit holes into their stomach, and proceed to amputate whichever appendage offends you the most. I mean no-one would miss them but that's clearly not my point. All I'm saying is that we've all felt it, the intense desire to harm somebody based on anything from nonsensical fury to rightful vengeance. That doesn't mean you go and abort a baby with a coat hanger and pliers. Most people just breathe in, relax, and shake the thoughts from their minds. Me too, just to clarify. You won't see me on the news for feeding prostitutes' entrails to animals for shits and giggles. There aren't even any hookers in Denison.

I did say earlier that just classifying wrath as a sin and swearing to never intentionally succumb to it is a waste, or maybe I implied it, but I never said anything good came from it, and it's definitely not a pro-moral choice. There are other outlets. Look at me, I'm a manic depression-ridden wreck, of course I have moments when I want to strangle someone beside me for no reason and feed them pieces of raw dog meat and curdled milk while they gasp for air. That doesn't mean I actually go through with it, and if I can resist the temptation, so can you. Just do some sit-ups or something, God knows our country is overweight, put the high pulse to some beneficial use. If that's not enough, picture (insert favorite sado-masochistic verb)-ing (insert least favorite person, gender, or race) and you will have done so many sit ups that by the time you finish you won't even know where the time went, and you'll be one step closer to abolishing that stubborn belly fat.

Point is, venting is good, healthy, and most importantly, necessary. If you don't vent you'll end up psychotic, I promise. Wrath has caused many unfavorable historical events to occur (the Holocaust comes to mind) and unless you'd like to be the next famous genocidal psychopath, you'd probably better blow off some steam every now and then. You most likely won't go that far, but why argue? We all know it feels good to get pissed off and have sex, or at least I'd imagine it would. Hell, next time you want to pull someone's colon out through their ass with a plunger and some plastic cement, just go build a model airplane. That way you didn't waste money on the cement.

Wrath is obviously not a good thing, or else it'd be over there with the virtues and poptarts and not the sins and feminists. God knew what He was talking about when He decided it was a no-no, so take His word for it if not mine. It has had beautiful stories written based on its effects on human nature, and epic poems devised with it at their core. So from a literary and symbolic point of view, wrath is an art form. From everyone else's point of view... Well, you get the point.