Pious

Pious

eyes of mine fell on
beauty
I witnessed never on
held my breath
as she passed on

alongside of mine
as a sensation

pious I'm,  drawn to seek a yearning
a non - permissible hankering

when! I was cautioned
by my conscience anon

tightened myself
from becoming unchaste
held myself
from temporal delectations

I let the beauty move to
its own course
pass alongside of mine

as I brought myself
into my inner self
hardly now yields
to sentient desires.

©Prasannakkumar