The mocking, echoic wall taunts
And casts back the lamenting hatred
From the simple, fair allure
That woefully wavers before it.
Like baby's breath, envious
Of the rose with which she consorts,
Her frail form quivers, her visage
Contorting with the torture of her desire,
Her wistful wail for the world's lechery,
For that voluptuous icon of feminality,
Relentlessly augmenting the void within
The soul of this singular goddess
That screams and thrashes at that same wall
To be noticed, but is obscured by her own vanity.
Copyright ©2007 Michael Mayer