cHASTE

“A beautiful and chaste woman is the perfect workmanship of God, and the true glory of    
angels, the rare miracle of earth, and the sole wonder of the world.”—Georg Hermes  
    
elusive.  
seclusive.  
conclusively delusive.  
           herself she kept,    
           while suitors wept    
for treasure so exclusive.    
   
waste    
haste,    
to circumvent the mad chase.    
          many a mile    
          to catch her smile,    
of fervour so effusive.    
   
chased    
cHASTE.    
deflowered by no scant haste.    
          virginity    
          serenity,    
where blazes lust, possessive.    
   
the ransom    
so handsome,    
i struggle yet to fathom    
          the evidence    
          of eloquence    
that nestles in her bosom.    
   
defiled not    
reviled not,    
her virtues wear no inkblot.    
          yet to her place    
          must i make haste.    
to lose this race...i think not.    
   
© Copyright 2021 December 05    
by Clyve A. Bowen♫