Partake This Paramour
All too familiar the shared plight of the unrequited.
Shallow and trusting in themselves,
They would live their want forever more,
Though spoken of freely in heavy tones,
An honest air for a stranger's ear,
Soon censored to the cusp of tension,
In the presence of their fire true,
A willing step and offering of hearts,
One moment seized upon with locking eyes,
Then a tremor; bridled and restrained,
That the world is still for like desires,
With no timepiece to strain beyond a further second
...Yet painfully one must surely pass
And the world is dragged along anew,
For the kind exchange, so shy, is no confession,
And all falls still,
But had one indulged of another,
That both might sup their fill on said union,
Then contentment for a time would dwell as easily on their lips,
In equal measure, the heat what lay between them.
For in each surrender we are lost,
As they themselves, mislaid by sweet temptation,
Are kin to all creatures of hunger,
So debased by carnal desire,
And drawn endlessly to a face.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | XXX XXAB XXXXX XBAX CAXXXACCX |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 989 |
| Words | 180 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 5, 4, 9 |
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