O' Shepherdess Fair!
O’ Fair shepherdess! What a misery swept!
A lover, a selfless lover you have lost
Why don’t you speak? You haven’t yet wept.
Thus the shepherdess replied, “It’s not my fault”
His death hasn’t moved you, shame!
You are unmoved by the loss of your lover
You treat him as if he were a stranger
Thus she replied, “I am not to blame “
“Yes, not his love but I grieve him aloof
He had shared so many other lasses
They would be sharing the same feelings
Unfortunately,” I have no proof”
“Ask any shepherdess around any lane
He loved far and wide, suffice it to say.
Of his unfaithfulness, I drove him away
Therefore," I will show no shame”.
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Honorable Mention
Contest: Four sentences
Copyright © Dr.Ram Mehta | Year Posted 2010
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