Chaste

Lost on doorstep,

immorality's liaison labyrinth,

wisdom's mistress clings to soul,

draped in harbinger

of regret's funeral shroud,

conscience caresses in anguished debate,

sired sighs induce their lurid tones.

 

Fingertips singed

during past visitations

leaf through erogenous diary,

poignant passages erased.

 

Closet monster's recalled

wearing black lace,

enticement pressed

through scarlet quills

penning promises of paradise.

 

Sagacity's virgin pleads

against their tales,

truth felt through reason's

lucid touch.

 

Body flinches

from serrated struggle,

wounds bleed invisible talons

impotent to resist

seduction's door knockers.

 

Slipping into the ebony chaos,

acumen's maiden

left in mourning

over death of chaste clarity.