Beguiling Contradiction

You sing your songs of
half mystery
half regret
Calling across distance
for my sympathy
and yet
my cause for confusion
and fear I cannot
forget

You prowl your stage
part hunger
part fire
Beguiling contradiction
both wrath and
desire
Leaving all your followers
still trapped in
the mire

Once face of an angel
just before
the fall
Now aging, revealing
root cause of
it all
But your own undoing
you will not
recall

(c) Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights Reserved

About Helen

I'm drawn to blogging as a way to share ideas and consider what makes us who we are. Whether it's in our working life or our creativity, expression is a means to connect.
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9 Responses to Beguiling Contradiction

  1. Skye says:

    Hmmmm….it is the devil, yes? Or someone I had a relationship with…either way, yuck. Great poem though. 🙂

  2. This was superb! Reading it wow, your poetry flows so beautifully

  3. good poem, that will keep the vain ones grumbling hohowhat! Nicely done, Helen, best wishes from Baldy 🙂

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