Artist: Shana "Kitty Muzzle" Koontz

Agony of Lust
By: JoAnna Martin


You fly over me
like a vulture over prey,
glaring down at me,
with my mind do you play.
You live dual lives 
to trick my foolish heart,
to make me fall in love with you
so you can tear me apart.
You stare at me in pain
waiting for me to die,
you relish in my anguish
as you watch my body writhe.
Your only aspiration
is to vanquish my ambitions
by giving me false love
to mask your true intentions.
You will wipe away my tears
and watch me faint with a sigh,
then later laugh deep inside
while my soul does cry.
My breath, you take away,
as my heart beat does cease.
It is the agony of lust
that will result in my defeat.
I see your face
in every flame
and the feeling within me
is always the same.
At the very sight
of a burning fire,
I am consumed
with a raging desire.  
You have triumphed 
over me after all
and you savor every moment
of my spirit’s downfall.
The yearning and burning
for that which I crave
has delivered only suffering
and condemns my soul to its grave.
Because of you
my heart does bleed.
But that’s what you wanted,
on my pain do you feed.
So as my sanity 
becomes undone,
and I find myself
once again abandoned,
I will lull myself
into an eternal rest,
and plunge the blade
deep into my chest.
Oh, the agony of lust!


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