Acuminate

Granted,
Her ashen-embitterment
Furtively diminishes
The lilted essence
Of individualism
Through a curious aperture

Yet once Pandora
Neglects her votaries
From resplendent height
And settles her mood
Upon the indisposed
With an unwieldy seduction

It is the accolades
Bequeathed by her
Contemporary charms
For which she veneers
The hoary complexions
Of the self-righteous
With a pretentious grace

That pales beyond
The enlightenments
Of a haughty soul.