Saint or sinner?

With a critical mind and sorting bin,

Ready to dissect with iron will,

Summoning the mighty judge within,

Merciless to faults, picky about skill.

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Each word and deed inspected with ardour,

Leaving no room for reckless mistakes,

Customised law books used with fervour,

Unmindful of the victim’s heartaches.

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Harvesting outcomes with precision,

Playing God, broadcasting might,

Basking in his gallant decision, 

Losing sight of his impending plight.

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He too shall bow under the scanner,

Facing the  verdict of ‘saint or sinner’.

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21 responses to “Saint or sinner?”

  1. Wonderful. Your vocabulary and the placement of fhe words at the proper place for the right impact, is too good. Love your poems, Moonmoon 😍

    1. Thanks so much for the encouragement, dear Natasha. Not happy with this poem.
      But thanks so much for reading my attempts and motivating me🤗💚💚 So grateful to each of you.

      I love your poems, too…. so full of wit and humour and wisdom.

  2. Wow! Sonnet! Poignantly beautiful!
    “Basking in his gallant decision, Losing sight of his impending plight”-loved these lines…👌👌💚💚

    1. Thanks so much, dear Pooja for reading and the encouragement. Means a lot. 💚💚💚 So glad you liked those lines.
      Was trying to follow a rhyme scheme but the syllabic count varies in a few lines 😄🙂

  3. Beautiful dear. “He too shall bow under the scanner “.
    How nicely you weave words in your poems💚

    1. Thank you so much for reading and the encouragement, dear Gowri. Means a lot.💚💚💚
      So glad you liked that line💚

  4. Why a sinner If he is righteous and impartial? Beautiful characterisation.

    1. Thank you so much for reading and the insightful comment, ma’am. 💚💚💚 I have fixed the word ‘impartial’.
      Just wanted to highlight in the poem that most of us always scrutinise other people under the microscope of our unique law books (with prejudices and biases) and then declare them sinners for the slightest slips, oblivious to the fact that we too are and would be under other people’s scanners, facing the same trial. 🙂

  5. An amazing sonnet, you have captured habits and frailty so beautifully 💚.

    1. Thank you so much for the kind words of encouragement, dear Mumtaz. Means a lot. 💚💚💚Shall try to make the line length uniform.

  6. Such a beautifully woven poem
    Love your vocabulary

    1. Thank you so much for reading and the kind words of encouragement, ma’am. Means much. 💚💚💚

  7. Written with beautiful words.

    1. 😄😄🙏💚💚
      Thank you for always reading my attempts, ma’am.

  8. He too shall bow to the scanner.. well said..

    1. Thank you, dear Fatema. <3 <3 <3

  9. Love this poem…Indeed it’s true, each has to face the scanner of a ‘saint or sinner’

    1. Thank you so much, dear Sheetal. <3 <3 <3

  10. A very powerful poem…

    1. Thank you so much, ma’am. <3 <3 <3

  11. This is really good Moonmoon… Nice choice of words

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