The Calabash Pieces

Oh! Maiden
Pass you the men den
Where is your pride?
Flaunt it let it not hide
Oh! You have none
A stigma to be forever born.

Mother's warning not yielded
Father's cry was not needed
Once you were, a beautiful virgin
Now a useless bottle of gin
A broken calabash
How great was your crash.

Your friend's lure
Has no evidence of a cure
The man you trusted with your blood
Ran away like a plethora of flood
How do you fill this gully?
And your lost pride a healing?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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March 23, 2013 at 6:08 PM
G L, Congratulations with your Featured Poem of the week. Wishing you the best this new coming week. Take care :-) Linda
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March 12, 2013 at 12:08 PM
TOUCHING
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March 12, 2013 at 11:46 AM
I really like this poem. I look forward to reading more. Thanks for sharing.
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