Betrayed By Beauty
Beauty however, it may be perceived
can be a silent, painful, ugly traitor
Take beautiful woman is within reach
but you cannot propose anything
because she is married
A handsome man is ring-fenced
because he is somebody’s rib
Jump the law and God adds logs
in the fire of hell to prepare your arrival;
society eagerly holds rope for your waist
Yes. There is a beautiful free lady
but your pockets are smeared with mud
You look and look but cannot touch
You talk and talk but voice will be unheard
Maker did not democratize beauty, you know!
Freedom of enjoyment of beauty limited
so humans are lower than Angels
Beauty is a powerful master, I may say
It can be a dangerous slave driver as well
It can betray you; it can enslave you
a suit of painful wishes it can dress you in,
with epileptic convulsions in the soul for life
As you eat ready-made food with red eyes,
smell aroma of sausages munched in vision
only dreams can salvage you
as you live betrayed, cheated by beauty
Copyright © Solomon Ochwo-Oburu | Year Posted 2017
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