I Long

Another poem exercising my 'right brain.'  I hope you enjoy!

I Long

By Biz Gainey

I long

Awake.

I lay

   yearn

   desire

   long!

A well kept day secret 

   weeps in 

   a crevice in the night.

Warming

Haunting

Burning!

Quenched and parched

   Filled and thin!

Is this as it should be

    as it ought?

For when one longs no longer

    does one cease?  Is one dead?

No, numb.

Starved by addiction

Filled by angst;

Thined

Hollowed

Shallowed

Wearied

Worn!

I long and hear

"I thirst."

I too thirst

Yet I bleed not;

I thirst

Yet I sacrifice not;

I thirst

Yet I strain not;

"I thirst"

His thirst is

Thirst aright.

I thirst.

My thirst is

Tilted bent;

Un satisfyingly satisfying

I lay cored

   longing no longer

Agony!

Yet my longing lurks!

In my longing I see

   my only hope;

To be filled by he who thirsts

    who invites.

Drink from a cup

    eat from a table;

Dine, Dine with Me!

Long, but dine!

I long

This is as it ought be;

I drink

I dine with he who thirsts

    fills

    loves me

To thirst for more!

Longing ceased.

Dine with Me!

Drink with Me!

Dine alone no longer!

Drink alone no longer!

I long . . .