Ngoc Nguyen Poet Sonnet

A Former Fool's Sin and Lasting Lament

How the thought of her smiling, sick, rude face
     repels me. What ever was I thinking?
My time lost in her sickening embrace 
     was loathsome, base, gross, foul, vile, and stinking!
O, why gave I myself to one so whorish?
     So eager was I to love; young, naive,
and simple, I failed to see then how boorish  
     she was—so blinded was I to receive 
her. In hindsight, I would undo the past,
     and remain forevermore a virgin—
pure, and chaste! No shame's in that; but the waste
     of not reserving myself was my sin.
For me, carnal knowledge came at great price;
I've learned my lesson, and I'll not err twice!

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Jerry T Curtis January 21, 2015 at 6:58 AM I understand you regrets, but this has happen to many. Me, I have never thought about women in those terms, although there have been some that fit the description, I resist becoming bitter. The path to the right girl, has its twist and turns. Enjoyed your poem and Gook Luck to You Ngoc Ngoc Nguyen January 21, 2015 at 7:50 AM Thank you, Jerry, for sharing and for wishing me good luck. I appreciate it. Ngoc. :-D