Dark Beautiful Woman

Days are consumed with passionate fever Pursuing a dark, beautiful woman With tantalizing storm-concealing eyes And a proud face Undaunted by youthful suffering. Following the sway of her dress Through crowded streets, The mind is dizzy with desire And the heart is filled With desperate sighs. The appearance of some women From a far-off distance Can reduce a man to tears As he pleads to unknown deities To be beside this mesmerizing, feminine essence. There is obsession Frighteningly all-pervasive And eroding the last visages of sanity: Under these circumstances, After just meeting a woman, A man might marry and murder her Within a week.