Preaching to Women

Peeriya Pongsarigun; John Viano

Ladies, your eyes can humiliate you.                They broadcast your interest too.
True or not—people care not a bit.                        If you’re abused, they’ll think you want it.
You’re like a young tree.                                When the wind blows, you’ll see.
You can be moved but not unrooted.                         Don’t show interest if he knows it.
You are a blooming lotus—                         revealing your beauty to all of us.
Your sweet scent is everywhere,                                and bees want you to be theirs.
If the bees should taste a flower,                        they may then leave forever
to fly and taste others and go.                                Men are like that, too—you know?
If a man falls in love with you,                        all he will say and do
a means to capture you—that’s his aim.                        But you should know, men cannot ever be tame.
Choose your man carefully.                        Do not rush, go slowly.
Men are like puzzles.                                        You think you know them, yet so little.