Delilah

Seductress, siren , temptress, enchantress

Those are the terms you ascribe to my name 

But I stand excessively misinterpreted

Grossly unfair has your history books been to me ...

Say no more  for 

I know your plights Delilah 

The books undermine your chivalry 

Perhaps, they are embarrassed to admit  

That it was you, whom without a single sword, 

Intermitted the terror that slaughtered scores of men 

I know you Delilah 

Your beauty, they say is your curse

But you didn’t create yourself now, did you?

I know you Delilah 

You gallantly saved your people 

From the lures of the concupiscent monster

Whose destiny was to wipe out your race

Delilah, I know your plight, I say

Couldn’t he have murdered you and fed your carcass to the vultures to devour 

But you endured 

His foul doting on you 

You knew you deserved better than a licentious lover 

But you condoned.

Tell me Delilah,

What depth of beauty did you possess?

That his mind became dull

What charm so great that made the man fall

Thrice you asked, twice he lied.

Until, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth bitterness 

Delilah, 

You 

Are

an unsung hero 

A woman of mettle

A matyr