A VIRGIN'S TALE
SHE’S OFF TO CAMPUS
WHERE LUST IS ENTHRONED
AND RIGHT THERE IN THE BUS,
SHE FELT COLD AND ALL ALONE
AMID THE CRUSH AND BLUSH.
SHE HELD HER BREATH;
SHE IS SCARED TO DEATH,
MY INSTINCTS TELL ME,
IT’S MELANCHOLY.
I COULD SMELL HER FEAR;
T’WAS SO HARD TO BEAR.
BUT THERE AND THEN,
BEFORE GOD AND MEN,
SHE SANK TO HER KNEES
IN MELANCHOLY AND DISPAIR
AND SAID A PRAYER I COULD BARELY HEAR
“FREE MY SOUL OF EVERY SELF AND SIN
LET ME BE WHAT YOU WANT ME TO BE…
A LIGHT.... AND A SPOTLESS VIRGIN;
HOLY AND ACCEPTABLE UNTO THEE….”
HER FIRST DAY WAS A NIGHTMERE;
THE MATRIC WAS HELL,
AND SHE CHOKED WITH TEARS
WHEN THE CHIPS FELL.
SHE COULD'NT BREATHE
SHE COULD'NT FEEL.
LUST FILLS THE AIR,
SEX’S SAID EVERYWHERE'
THE PHEROMONES DISTILL
ON TV AND IN THE STREET
IN ACCENTS CLEAR AND STILL.
BUT LIKE AN ISLAND IN THE STORM;
HEAD BLOODIED YET UNBOWED,
SHE WOULD’NT QUIT.
THERE’D BE NO RETREAT.
SHE MUST STILL BE SWEET
IN THE FACE OF DEFEAT.
HER POETIC SMILE
SHALL BE A SUBLIME
CITADEL OF LIGHT;
A BEACON IN THE NIGHT
AND THOUGH HARD THE FIGHT,
SHE MUST FIND HER KNIGHT.
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