The Hunger within Me

I seek not to fill myself with nutrition

gained from utensils laden of meal

these shall never fill stomachs hollow

or lay to rest my hunger’s pain

deliver me forever from thoughts of longing

nor grant me one mere restful night of sleep

The depths of my soul are insatiable

where only memories dare to please

falling short of their endeavors

creating voids that wonder fails to fill

self torture the only outcome

feelings becoming the beast of remembrance

Malnourished is the need within me

craving is this heart’s desire

vacant has become love’s staircase

pillaged are dreams once set upon the rails

steps recessed from the ghosts that traveled

to minds bedroom with echoing walls

Thoughts of misty moonlit kisses

graced softly across savored neck and cheeks

lips filled with passionate fire and tenderness

eye’s cavernous depths to fall within

laughter delivering to heart a state of felicity

all now yet plundered by the ages of time

The cool breeze that invaded windows

drying beads of satisfactions sweat

causing candles radiance to dance and flicker

satin sheets cooling to ones movement or touch

limbs of together wrapped in pleasure

paused moments to explore the deuce of thoughts

What can free me from this biting hunger

lingering forever in memories well

one cannot see the world of truth

lest seen through the eyes of others

no one can ever understand of feelings

till they dare grasp what others feel

Forever does reflect tomorrow

because both shall never come

to hunger is often ones own destiny

for but a moment in space and time

when all was filled with splendor

leaving traces upon heart and mind

© 4-1-09

Phillip William Allen