An Ode to Frailty

 Saw a bundle of contradictions down the lane,

Men and women crossing the road in a bane,

Marking their  priorities in a plane,

Deviating from the set principles in a Wayne,

It is but a convenient turn from the approved   terrain.

 

 

Money lays the first bait in the frame,

Beauty follows  with an ambush in the claim,

Power overtakes the conspiracy in a  tame,

Fame hastens to hold the top in the name,

Strength yields to all these in a shame.

 

 

 

Hitting directly on the vulnerable spot,

Achilles heels was  the  credible dot,

Midas’s greed was the  invincible lot,

Hamlets’ indecisiveness  was the indefatigable slot,

Infirmity   drove a meek submission to the plot.

 

 

 

Frailty !thy name is woman calls the bard,

Men also  express weakness  in a way hard,

Lust entices all  like a magnetic band ,

Power corrupts all to a shameful stand,

Frailty wins over all to a freaky  fraud.