Lady in the Grotto

Bottle true beauty that moves a man’s heart

So that that which is bottled serves to remind

Men tempted to stray, to stay and to chart

A fresh course, away from false pleasures, find

A new way to be free from shallow, blind,

Shoulders soft, draped in an opaque slack gown,

Her intentions to please, fleece, and then leave town.

Capture the elegance where grace and charm

Can be modeled and emulated by

Those who have killed vice and who do no harm:

Breathtaking, well formed, fit to adorn high

Places like churches and chapels where Thy

Beatitudes promise a glorified life

Of infinite symmetry without strife.

Contain the stunning so that it can be

Inspected, turned over, kept close at hand,

Held up against fraud so that all may see

And pine and long for the highest good: stand

In the presence of the Summum Bonum, land

Where the beautiful radiate and glow,

And walk with Our Lady in the Grotto.

Gary Edward Geraci