Venus Flytrap

The power of a woman

She’s central to the human experience,

we’re all just unknowing participants.

She’ll control you in her experiments,

we’ll succumb to her omnipotence.

One might think of a clever comeback,

speaking with a tongue no one understands,

l’espirit de l’escalier, too late to ever command.

Running fingers down paths of wrongs,

that lead to the warmth of her breast,

put anything in her vicinity,

the goddess will catch and digest.

Eternal games played,

and some of them you may win,

but games are all they’ll ever be.

In the hierarchy of nature, the battle is already over,

our hearts were the victim of theft,

but war does not determine who is right,

it only shows who is left,

and while we may use anger, and power to overpower,

there is one thing that will always remain:

Mars will always surrender

to the hourglass of a Venus flytrap.

Author's Note

Anyone unsure what "l’espirit de l’escalier" means, it is French for "staircase wit" which basically is the phrase for when a person thinks of a clever comeback when it is too late

Reviews

[Caitlynxoxo]

oooh shivers ;) I especially liked this line:

"She’ll control you in her experiments,
we’ll succumb to her omnipotence."

the vocabulary you used in this piece was both refreshing and needed; i couldn't imagine this poem without them :) Thanks for sharing

xoxo Caitlyn xoxo

[Brighid an Lasair]

Fantastic write! I must agree that the last 2 lines are superb!

[A.A.Romanczuk]

Hahaha...I enjoy the way You describe this clever femme fatale..Your poetry is undeniably exquisite...how pointed and lovely are these ending lines
"Mars will always surrender
to the hourglass of a Venus flytrap."
I like intelligence and I am drawn to Your writing..

[Vertigo]

loved the flow of this...excellent write

[momo]

heheh funny but very true awesome poem

[Moonflower]

Excellent writing. ;) I loved it.