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Lovely Traps
Listen closely to the voice
warning of the lovely traps
those that beckon from beyond
with entreats that promise charms
beauty turned to drop the guard
of experience sourced from years
knowing right from troubled wrong
now at risk before the plunge
discarded without a thought
in pursuit of false beguile
flirtation with no return
an invitation damning all
this promise of quick delight
hiding doom in hindsight
listen closely to the call
to walk away before the fall.
© 2019. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved. 20191001.
warning of the lovely traps
those that beckon from beyond
with entreats that promise charms
beauty turned to drop the guard
of experience sourced from years
knowing right from troubled wrong
now at risk before the plunge
discarded without a thought
in pursuit of false beguile
flirtation with no return
an invitation damning all
this promise of quick delight
hiding doom in hindsight
listen closely to the call
to walk away before the fall.
© 2019. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved. 20191001.
Published 2nd Oct 2019
Author's Note
The poem “Listen Closely” is about the safety of virtue being overwhelmed by temptation.
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2nd Oct 2019 3:04am
a write that doesn't exclude any reader - there are very few who have never felt the lure of temptations and choices made aren't always the wisest.
2nd Oct 2019 9:32am
You're right! Experience is the best teacher, with the accompanying hope that the lessons don't destroy along the way.
30th Oct 2019 7:58pm
