This thirst for love is my heart's torment, <br />How can I calm these raging fears <br />When the fire of love's thirst burns like the sun, <br />And the blaze is stoked by my tears? <br /> <br />My eternal thirst.... will it be quenched? <br />My heart's parched, lying in the dust, <br />It longs to leap into glistening waves, <br />It pleads for the tide's rapturous thrust <br /> <br />Eternal thirst lurks in the darkness, <br />Seeking shadows in empty streets, <br />And finding its way to my room each night, <br />It softly cries on satin sheets <br /> <br />Eternal thirst, my heart knows you well, <br />You long for a kiss wet with dew, <br />But one warm embrace would still make you smile, <br />Your demands are so small and few <br /> <br />When will my thirst be satiated? <br />I choke on the dust of despair, <br />And a sigh of weariness leaves my lips <br />As I fall to my knees in prayer <br /> <br />Eternal thirst, the sun's almost set, <br />You're waning, like a smoldering fire, <br />Soon, on winter's wind you'll drift away, <br />Leaving not a trace of desire <br /> <br />My thirst for love..... jaded memories <br />That ride on the wings of despair, <br />A song of poets, a dream of fools, <br />Peace! ... when longing breathes its last air<br /><br />Lora Colon<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/eternal-thirst/
