The Innocent Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

She was his captive and, hence, defenseless.
Chaste by habit and royal by blood though,
She can be raped and treated as a whore.
She must guard herself more by heart than limbs.

She addressed his areas unattended.
She mended his tunics and cared his food.
A captive to show kindness, not hatred!
He found in her a mother, not a whore.

Innocence and kindness was her asset,
For which her husband had been after her
And for which the bandit was kind to her.
Eleanore was set free to go unscathed.
04.06.2015

(Inspired by a novel, The Innocent by miss Bertrice Small, U S A)