s is for shame

shame slithers round me

like a sly, sorry snake.

he curls ’round my legs,

capturing me like his pray,

never letting his eyes leave mine,

not even for a second.

i am enamored by him,

i am his vessel,

wreaking havoc to all i touch.

i am not a good daughter,

i am not a good sister,

i am not a good hater,

i am not a good lover.

shame slithers shamelessly until i’m shaking in shambles.

sexuality a sin, sin is my shame,

my sinful shame strikes my soul from heaven,

strikes my soul and leaves its sorrow,

my sorrowful sorry, my sinful shame.