Imprisoned

From Danella Rivas’s “El Camino de Esmeralda”

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Cowering in fear of those angry eyes,

Of those angered lips which brought the curse

She hides even now when she cannot be touched

In her prison in the frame

What brought her here?

That innocent face,

No sin could she have done!

But to her eternal shame

The witch displayed her guilt

What guilt?

The egg

Yes the egg,

The implanted egg

The egg that found its match

And thus it shall remain

While she cowers in her shame

In her prison in the frame

She cannot run

She cannot hide

Forevermore naked, weak she cries

Of things she should not have seen

Things she should not have seen!

Him!! And his lustful intent!

She could not have seen and this fell victim by

But now she bears his shame

Oh regret! How dearly she feels it!

How permanent her fear of him!

How vulnerable and wrecked she is!

And shall be evermore

Crisp and open in the frame

How pained she is when he passes by!

And how disturbed the footsteps that pass

He must not look, or must he?

For the guilt is his as well

Those eyes that trapped him in desire

Are trapped now in the frame,

In that look of fear and shame

And trapped forever in the frame