Date Posted:22:36:48 04/04/01 Wed Author: Beki Subject: Desire
DESIRE
I am a many-faceted stone
hidden deep in the ink-black
caves of the soul.
I am an essential part of every man
and I have many names.
I am the gnawing hunger
that rumbles in the pit
of your stomach
and will not be denied.
I am power, ambition and greed.
I am the tie that binds
the hearts of men and women;
I am a thought, a gasp,
a dream.
I am a hand reaching
past its own insecurity
to touch and move another.
I am the need each man has
for human anesthetic,
for flesh to comfort flesh;
And I am the thirst
that slakes its own.
I am a flame that leaps
to consume the sky;
I am a fire,
I burn, I burn!
I am the shape of your deepest need,
the color of the rusty autumn hills,
And I am passion.
I am a voice that whispers in your ear
when you lie in the dark
alone.
I am a nagging thought
when you walk in the cold,
alone.
And when you find someone
who recognizes your need,
I am the careful, slow caress
that undoes you.
I am a turn of the mouth,
a look in the eye,
an unspoken word
that vibrates the air
and shivers down your spine.
I am all the wishes you keep to yourself
and all the wishes that you share.
I am a red bicycle, new rollerskates
a pair of pink shoes
and a job that's always
just out of reach.
I am the grocer's son
the summer you were ten
and discovered your differences.
I am a long sigh loosed from
the lips of your lover
when I claim him with your touch.
I am a priest, a confessor,
a friend and a foe.
I am all of them.
I am all of you.
I am all.
I am.
Re: Desire -- Startime, 15:21:11 04/05/01 Thu