Thursday, September 17, 2009

Stifling Sensualism

Every mouthful of sweetness

Leaves a bitter after taste


Every Eden has a Serpent

Every ocean a Siren


Temptations that waylay you

To ease the path of life

And then weigh your feet with chains

Of moral righteousness


They term every pleasure illicit

And darken each moment exquisite

With heavy clouds of guilt.


Every sensual indulgence

Has a shameful afterglow


We shackle with sanctimony

The very gifts of life

Till it’s a mortal sin

To even feel alive

4 comments:

  1. Wonderful.

    "Every sensual indulgence
    Has a shameful afterglow"

    Beautiful lines.

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  2. Woah !!! this is brilliant.. Very deep.. !!

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  3. Thank you! This was still rough and was planning to smoothen out the edges - but I guess I'll leave it as such now..

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  4. wow....every line has such profound meaning to it....

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