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Godot51

(822 posts)
Sun May 10, 2026, 09:13 PM 5 hrs ago

a life of lust

a life of lust

lost in the descent trapped in love wavering between desires
to be caught up in a life of lust secretly wanting and needing
live as a hawk in the guise of a dove unable to bank the fires
hidden right below a thin crust as all the hungers are feeding
existing within the gentle facade not far under mild manners
reach silently with greedy fingers for a scent beneath delight
so long unseen as the fraud the mirror unbroken by hammers
now only a trace of the evil lingers carefully kept out of sight
where do the eyes want to wander what thoughts are created
far past the sleepless midnight as waking dreams are haunting
a darker wish grows the fonder romance become abbreviated
the delectable dances in sight unexpected unknown flaunting
sickness threatens to burst forth revealing the lost life of lies
fever burns on its steady course and a sad shriveled soul dies

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