Two Women
TWO WOMEN
I once knew two women
One endowed with beauty supreme
One engrossed in kindness and virtues sublime
The one was applauded for her flaws
The other never dismissed a being for her cause
One always sped through crooked ways
One prayed to the Lord, night and days
The one was blessed with many a suitor
The other was cursed for her virtuous manner
One thought a child an impediment for her life’s cause
One longed for a child in absolute silence with remorse
The one pursued her throne, where she sits alone
The other took in her arms another’s child and held it close, night and morn
Now, both these women were born and lived,
Both these women, I have known and loved
But one grew horns, the other grew wings
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