Samson's Weakness

Relaxing peacefully on her lap
Her fingers ran through his hair,

And,speaking soft, soothing words

Waves of calm caressed him there.

Delilah used her feminine wiles,

Honeyed words dripped from her lips,

A sense of serenity filled his soul

From her tender fingertips.

On her lap he continued to rest,

Unawares of her subtle scheming;

Carefully his luxuriant locks were cut

With scissors sharp and gleaming.

The secret of his super strength

Was reluctantly revealed to her ears

Leading to open the floodgates

Of times of sorrow and tears.

Little could Samson have known

The intentions of her cruel heart,

Her cunning and overpowering charm

Hit him like a poisoned dart.

Samson’s strength suddenly left him,

As weak as a kitten he became,

Delilah had truly fooled him,

It seemed to her, just a game.

As hard as granite was her heart,

No true feelings of love were there

Else, why would she hurt him

With no chance of any repair?

His life had a very sad ending,

Of this most people have heard,

It’s recorded for our perusal

Within the pages of God’s Word.

The lesson to be learned

From this ghastly episode

Is that disloyalty is as acid

That the heart can corrode.

Like a wilting yellow lily

Under the sun’s searing heat,

Samson’s strength melted

Into a pool of utter defeat.

Remember this we should

And be careful how we act

Lest our deceptive hearts

This drama we re-enact…