Desire for Mia

I desired air and I breathed.

But then,
I desired water and only when I could, I drank.
I desired food and only when I could, I ate.

Desire is all I hate.

But then I desired you and I did,
I scattered my head about the place,
Reeling synonyms and particles of guesswork,
Desiring manufacture of consent.

And when I desired you, you saw that I did,
And when you came, it was like a call
From a far off mountain, we both together,
And looked good in the abyss.

Desire has gone amiss.

What happened to my sweet compulsion?
What is this end-result?
Why the finish-line?

And slowly slowly, breath intertwined,
I saw again
The learning curve,
My thoughts relieved.

That I had once desired air
I did,
And I breathed.

SaveAs

Sitting in the train that whizzes past redbrick estates and,
What peculiar creatures dwell here?
In rows
And boxes
Made of artificial stone?

But you are not outside.
You are inside, too.
Inside the train.

What peculiar creatures
Sit inside long speeding mechanical snakes?