Fig Leaf
An innocent life grabbed unaware
by the deceptive tentacles of base desire,
morphs into an inert entity of pleasure.
A lively human being, spirited and vibrant,
battered by the brute clutch of carnal instinct,
strays as strewn pearl from snapped string.
The sane sense crumpled by acrid impulse,
does not repent for a moment lacerating
the vulnerable unwary feminine psyche,
fostering the fervent fervor of belonging,
decimated by the savage affront unforeseen,
turns into abused debris after being devoured.
For a body caught in the cesspool of vile lust,
the garden of existence becomes a wasteland,
where blown by the harsh winds of disgrace
the plaintive mind crumpling to dust,
ponders why has the human sanity disappeared
in the abyss of the brutal times.
The fragile flower called life blooms
with the patina of transient dream,
longs for the charming beauty to be adored.
If it is ravaged to ruins as a dispensable object,
the shattered heart becomes a cauldron of hatred,
searching for a fig leaf to hide the shamed soul.
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April 2, 2022
Title chosen : Fig Leaf
Contest : This Or That, Vol. 11
Sponsored by : Edward Ibeh
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