This week’s piece describes a man who falls for a woman that he was strongly advised to avoid—wise counsel which, to his detriment, he disregarded.
A Sad State of Affairs
Ignoring voices
of warning
I went my own way
and fell—
beneath the powerful
lure
of your bewitching
spell…
Taking you for
an angel
failing to see
your horns—
for I was like one
enticed
by the rose—
but blind to
its thorns…
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