In Empty Arms I Longed
In the drunken stupor of lust,
I yield to pleasures, earthly and of flesh.
Luscious and beautiful in those moments I lose myself easily to the desires raging within.
Knowing well that on the morrow, again I go forth alone to battle the darkness that is the loneliness of the human condition known well by the many who call themselves single.
But I wane not, for in knowing my loneliness, I have learned myself.
And drunkenly I yet court the very idea that she is still out there, waiting for me, the one...
About this poem
Remembrances of loneliness and the need to feel loved. And yet yielding to base needs to momentarily quell the feelings of loneliness.
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Written on June 22, 2014
Submitted by addischoneska on July 23, 2021
Modified on April 04, 2023
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Characters | 501 |
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Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 1, 1, 1 |
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