Sinsatiable

Only you could drag me to the barren wasteland where the sun’s wrath had scorched the earth.

The purgatorial plain where terrain and hell meet.

But in the dehydration of life came your law defying birth.

It was the desire for your embrace that could make me withstand the heat.

Every inhale was a breath of fire

That filled my lungs with stagnant burning.

But not even that could crush my desire

For whom I was yearning.

Your siren symphony filled my ears

And lured me from my happy home.

I kissed goodbye my lover’s tears

So I may pursue you alone.

I hated it here,

But here I am.

Just for a chance to dance upon the palm of your pretty hand 

You sparkle in a way that is too beautiful to ignore

With ethereal features that of lore.

You didn’t just capture my attention,

You ripped it from my core.

I couldn’t help but to study every inch of you

And get lost in your dirty emerald eyes.

But I could not stare for too long

For risk of being hypnotized.

I envy the long dark locks 

that get the pleasure of gently kissing your hips.

For I did not know obsession until I tasted it on your lips.

And when those lips part

A voice that could only be described as the harmonization of angels emerged.

I had no choice but to abandon myself to your words.

A rush of immense happiness filled my being

Whenever your eyes met mine.

All I wanted was to be worthy of even

A fleeting thought through your immaculate mind.

When those captivating eyes closed at night

I thought I was saved from their radiation.

But then red flushed your cheeks 

And revealed freckles aligned more beautifully than the constellations.

So even when I was due for sleep

I did not dare close my eyes

Because every second of your graceful slumber

Was worth all my sleepless nights.

I cannot bear to hide my desire anymore,

I long to stain my lips with the red on yours.

For mouth to meet body

Would be a rapture of my soul

And I your gluttonous diner

Begging to devour you whole.

An ocean of emotions is swelling behind my dam.

If indulging myself in the paradise that lay within your walls is a sin,

Then sinner I am.

I want to tempt you but you aren’t just void of lust,

You control it.

And your attention goes to those who put their fate in their hand

And roll it.

But I could save you from the greedy man

Who wants you all for himself,

Because where I see your beauty

He sees wealth.

I implore you, abandon this slothic wreck

Before I rip the fake pearls off your neck.

But for my devotion you don’t even care.

And now I think,

How many fools like me were there,

Longing for a delicate nymph that can never be obtained.

I will never win,

So I’m sick of playing your games.

Stop pulling me in just to push me away.

I reach for you but it's no use.

You shy away but I know the truth,

You don’t exist without me but I exist without you.

In the end I am still yours

No matter how hard I try.

Your doors remain closed

But I will continue to pry.

You could drag me through hell

And squander my pride,

Two nights and a thousand kisses later,

I’m still not satisfied.

Words: Shayla Madha

Photos: Shayla Madha