the innocent embryo nurtured within
cotyledons of protective, selfless love
that like untarnished dazzling tiara of asters
incandescent on indigo acme of silken night
unknowned to the blemish smudged over
its sublime essence by social prejudices
like a flightless bird bleached of its rainbow hues
with its feathers broken and shreded
within its fleshy coccoon it slept
in the amber lake of maternal elixir
unknown that its arrival on the face of earth
its first screeching cry of robustly high octane
its first babble, first smile of cherubic delight
is not an ecstatic anticipation, a dream come true
it is a dreaded nightmare, a cause of shame
and so an innocent life is sacrificed over the sepulcre
of selfishness and the adamancy to maintain
the veneer of false modesty and chastity
to hide a crime of passion and lust
another is made with precision
to preserve a secret a flame is extinguished
the thread of breath is broken
and like bursting of a bubble
a bud withers before blooming,
an embryo dies before living life
leaving the stains of scarlet blood
on the veil of innocence that unseen except
for the eyes of conscience…