Lust

I try to suppress these wild thoughts,

These cravings that I feel so intense

But they consume me whole,

And I can't escape their fence. 

I see you came by,

And my heart begins to race,

My mind wanders off,

To a forbidden, lustful space.

I wish I could shake this thought,

And let it fade away,

But it lingers in my soul,

Haunting me every way.

I know it's wrong to think this way

To want what I can't have,

But the desire is too strong,

And I feel like I'm going mad.

So I'll keep these thoughts in me

And let them die slowly 

But they'll always be there,

A constant, painful lie.

For I know I cannot act for them,

And I cannot be with you,

So I'll keep on living,

With these sad thoughts of lust, so real.

Murshida Parveen