Katherine Czerwinski - The Pains of Being Weak and Evil: An Amateur Sonnet About Being A Woman

If you have ever been a woman, then

My dilemma will be known to you:

I cannot do what most of the men can

Yes, I'm weak and evil, it is too true.

Lack of strength and sinful desires

All too often dominate my life,

Like an unwanted beast from mires

Of control and unrelenting strife.

But hope's discovered in the little things;

The self sacrifice and acceptance

Of my condition, oh, joy it brings.

No constant hold to this evil trance!

These things I cannot change, not on my own,

But through Him who sits upon the throne.