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A Virtuous Woman
She’s seen it all, and regrettably did even more
Only a naive man would expect
a woman of her age to still be virgin pure.
She’s learned her lessons along the way;
though she still can’t turn back time,
her present choices are better today.
A virtuous woman forged from the fire
of past heartaches which left her aflame,
now, she speaks her mind with the authority
of someone who has walked through the pain
of mankind's narrow judgments
mankind's make believe.
Swallowed it whole, wore it on her sleeve,
walked out the back door
where her true companion offered reprieve.
So many years she's been celibate
Tell me her sins or drop the stone,
God does not leave her lonely
still she longs to be loved by a man
but she doubts
she doubts.
Strangely, the longing
strengthens her more virtuously ...
her fragile soul becoming spiritually whole
So she desires
and she doubts
those things she
may never know.
7/11/2017
Copyright © Freddie Robinson Jr. | Year Posted 2017
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