Poetry

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Keep my words as you treasure up,
Lay up my commandments with you;
Beware of poison in the cup,
As what iniquities can do.

Keep my commandments as you live,
Taught as the apple of your eye;
Because of the law that I give,
As a prevention not to die.

Adhere them upon your fingers,
Write them on the pad of your heart;
Remember the girl that lingers,
For your money tries to outsmart.

She states that she is your sister,
Insight as your intimate friend;
But having thoughts as sinister,
Sooner or later will offend.

Keep from the forbidden woman,
The adulteress with her smooth words;
The strangers with such affection,
That are stalking like the leopards.

For at the window of my house,
I have looked out through my lattice;
After the husband leaves the spouse,
She dresses so voluptuous.

I have perceived amongst the youth,
A young man void lacking the sense;
Sows his oats disregards the truth,
Allows emotions to be intense.

For on the corner along the street,
He takes the road unto her place;
With a hug and kiss she will greet,
Involves a seductive embrace.

The twilight of the evening,
At the time of night and darkness;
The lust they are envisioning,
Of no concern of their starkness.

Copyright © 2020 Richard Newton Sherrer

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