Of First Glances

If all was as pure as fall-morning's delight when earth is dipped in frost

First glance could indulge its appetite without ever weighing the cost

But Guile preys on First Glance, it seems, to captivate its prey

 Then test the quests that Want esteems with very subtle sway

 For all is not pure as fall-morn's delight, when earth is dipped in frost

Where first glance indulges its appetite without ever weighing the cost

At first glance, Guile seems to tick the right boxes

A fine façade can play tricks on the eye

But oh, my dear, be on guard for sly foxes

Tickling Thought’s tendrils of reason awry

Study the fruit of the tree, trace its branches

Past the entrancing sigh of wind through leaves

Past the impressions offered to first glances

Past the distraction attraction achieves

Guile, though it smiles, is still, just a smooth-talker

Sin, clothed in lamb’s wool does not make it pure

Vice, masquerading as Nice, is a mocker

Tempting gullible first glance with its lure

…that seems at First-Glance to tick the right boxes

Making us second guess That Still Small Voice

Whispering, ‘Oh! be aware of sly foxes

Teasing Thought’s tendrils of reason to Choice

© Janet Martin

When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food 

and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, 

she took some and ate it. 

Gen.3:6

Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, 

our vineyards that are in bloom.

Song of Solomon 2:15

What are the “little foxes that spoil the vine”? CQ Kids