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Art "Lady Godiva"
By John Collier


Indiscreet
By La Belle Rouge

indiscreet? yes she was indiscreet
oft falling prey to a poet’s words
never falling away from the honesty
of a creature created for the purpose
of eternally loving and being loved

hers was a hidden beauty of soul
a trusting soul, an unfathomable soul
who thought it better to know pain
than to shun intimate connection
or luxuriate in the safety of “alone”

too trusting, too open, too passionate
she never learned the art of self defense
the rules of giving only a little of herself
she never mastered the difficult lesson
of not loving more than she was loved

and so she lined the walls of her heart
with portraits of sweet indiscretions
and never became dispassionate enough
to feel anything but true affection
when she dared to look at them again

and they, when they thought of her,
often amid the chill of long days and nights
would wish again for the fire of one
who could kindle their darkest desires
and inspire their most noble love


7/11/2008 La Belle Rouge

“Poetry, Soul Whispers”