Delilah

I loved you but it was not enough

I prayed for you but all for naught
You were so proud, so sure
Cos you were always meant for more

They came to me in dead of night

Showed destruction by your might
I didn’t care, I sent them away
And wrapped myself in your mane

You left my bed in a haste

You were in a murderous rage
A puddle of gossip trickled in
Of how you killed a thousand men on a whim

And I wept and wept

And poured ash on my head
And cradled shrouded corpses
Of my father, brother and husband

They came this time in glaring day

Spat their venom in my face
Tore my husband from my breast
And forced me to take the test

Thrice I tried to make him tell

Twice he parried and then he fell
Told me of the locks of hair
And how he held his power there

And while you slept, I shaved you clean

And then I cried, I saw my sin
And then they came, dragged you away
They took your sight, I gave you shame

I wept for you but it was not enough

I prayed for you but all for naught
To you I am a villain
To them I am a patriot
To God I am a martyr
But I am all and none, I am me Delilah.