An Autumn Love Cycle/Parody

by Georgia Douglas Camp Johnson

Parody

You came,The tapestries of loveWere shining in the sun,My wishes settled down contentAbout you as you stood.I looked into your cryptic eyesAnd thought I understood;But no,—The splendor of your gaudy robeGrew dimmer day by day,I wondered,Searched within my soul to seize the mystery.The answer staggered me,Aghast,Like one at bay,I gazed with open eyes of thought upon you,God! 'twas true—A mockery, a parody,Had come to me—in you!