Pursuit is in vain

Guilt is her guard.
Qualm is her ward.
Shame is her watch.
Fellow women are a threat.
Repercussion is a sword.
Above all self esteem is a dog.
Neither privacy, nor proximity,
Nor secrecy can help man rob
A woman’s body in his pursuit.
25.08.2006

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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