Delilah's Story- Part Ii

PLEASE DO NOT READ PART II BEFORE YOU HAVE READ PART I! THANK YOU! :) She had been a modest woman Had so desired a family But that was all in the past now And Samson was no guarantee In the morning he would leave her With his voice playing in her mind No, she needed to secure life “Delilah, don’t you be so blind!” In the morning she stood beside him Dressed in seductive finery In the other room they waited To see if Samson was history “Samson, your enemies surround you” He just smiled and patted the bed “Come, let me take you to heaven” Then he reached up and touched his head Would she ever forget that moment When he gave her a betrayed look Tears did slip down as they bound him Her man and all her dreams they took She heard that he had been blinded They had gouged out her man’s green eyes All the money that she had gained Was tainted red with crimson lies There was a great celebration Through her veil she saw Samson there No longer lion but a lamb All she could do was gawk and stare They placed him in between pillars Of the temple to their “strong” god They kicked and spat and they hit him They treated him worse than a dog She rushed passed them in a minute “It’s Delilah,” murmured the crowd For her flowing veil had fallen How she wished now it were her shroud She gently touched his haggard face And he smiled a sad knowing smile “Your beauty I can’t see, my love But I’ve waited for you all this while.” She sobbed, “I tried to buy you back With much more money than they gave I’m sorry, dearly beloved Please, be strong now and do be brave.” “Leave me now,” was his coarse command “My kind God will still set me free I’ll bring this place down on their heads Delilah, please just let me be.” “My lover….my eternal love” On her breasts she now lay his head “Pull down this building forever I’ll lie with you in our death bed” How the story ends is well known Samson was given strength once more That strength stolen by a woman Delilah, whom his did adore! Eileen Manassian Ghali