which as she walked did once or twice
accost her head. so glancing up,
she calm replied, “use no such vice,
“for if you merely thought I were
in step perhaps a bit too sure,
why, fret not, for my pride is one
that G-d Herself will see as pure,
“for love is Her divine intent
for all mankind to smell the scent
of life no matter breed the bud
from which the sweetness is here sent.
“so think not that this Deadly Sin
is one to Hell will this girl spin;
this pride is not the Vanity
which Heaven holds in such chagrin—
“ ‘tis only love of love, you see,
which makes my stride so strong and free,
no heightened ego plagues the faith
which this girl doth hold so in Thee.
“so ‘ere you strike another’s crown,
take care that she on whom you frown
by not her sin in truth uphold
a virtue greater, less renown.”
Info:
Editing status: edited
Composed: 5 October 2005
Submissions: None
Inspiration: AP Lit assignment to create a rubhiyat, an Arabic form of "aaba" rhyme scheme in iambic tetrameter; the desire to express the concept of bisexuality as a gift rather than a shortcoming (edited to virtue rather than gift).
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