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hunger.
hunger did nothing for me.
it gave me no new growth,
it did not give me strength
for my bones, it did not fill
me with wonder and longing.
#hunger #stomach #starvation #growth #change #life #women #pain #eat
Words
hundredth hung hunger hungered hungering
#lyrics #lyricalpoetry #death #dragon #song #origin #myth
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hunger.
hunger did nothing for me.
it gave me no new growth,
it did not give me strength
for my bones, it did not fill
me with wonder and longing.
#hunger #stomach #starvation #growth #change #life #women #pain #eat
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My first encounter with THG was approximately four years ago, when I had barely turned
fourteen, did not consider myself bilingual and was romantically frustrated. Naturally, I made
several mistakes at the time. First off, I read the series in translation, since I'm not a native
English speaker, and missed out a huge chunk of the significance of the story. Then, as I said, I
was romantically frustrated and thus paid such a monstrous amount of attention to the romance
aspect of the story that I want to bitchslap myself. Finally, at fourteen, I was still ignorant and
uneducated about so many things that I read the series, got hyped for perhaps six months or so,
then forgot all about it, save for the occasional rewatch of the movies. In retrospect, this is
probably one of the biggest mistakes I've ever made. Now, at the ripe old age of eighteen, a
significantly better-read person, waaay more woke, as well as socially aware, I decided to finally
read the series in the original and am finally able to put my thoughts together in a coherent,
educated review of the series.
The Hunger Games has continuously been compared to a number of other books and series,
occasionally put down as inferior and forgettable. In those past few years I managed to read a
great part of the newly established young adult dystopian genre and am able to argue that A.
The Hunger Games is undoubtedly universal and unrestricted to young adult audiences and
that B. it is, without the slightest shade of uncertainty, the best series written in our generation.
While many people draw parallels between The Hunger Games and, say, Battle Royale, the
similarities end with the first book, which, while spectacular in execution, seems unoriginal in
its very idea. As the series unrolls, however, it is hardly possible to compare it to anything, save
for, perhaps, Orwell's 1984. The social depiction and the severe criticism laid down in the very
basis of the story are so brutally honest that it fails my understanding how the series was ever
allowed to become this popular. What starts out as a story about a nightmarish post-
Apocalyptic world works up to be revealed as a cleverly veiled portrayal of our own morally
degraded and dilapidated society (if you're looking for proof, seek no further: as the series was
turned into several blockbuster movies, public interest was primarily concerned with the
supposed love triangle rather than the bitter truths concealed in the narrative). Class
segregation, media manipulation, dysfunctional governments are just the tip of the iceberg
when it comes to the realities that The Hunger Games so adroitly mimics. If I were to dissect,
chapter by chapter, all three books, I'd probably find myself stiff with terror at the accuracy of
the societal portrait drawn by Collins. I strongly advise those of you who haven't read the series
between the lines to immediately do so because no matter how many attempts I make to point it
out to you, you simply have to read the series with an alert sense of social justice to realize that
it doesn't simply ring true, it shakes the ground with rock concert amplifiers true.
Other than the plot that unfolds into a civil war by the third book (the series deals so amazingly
with trauma survival and with depicting the atrocities of war that I am still haunted by certain
images), the characters of the story are what makes it all the more realistic. Though Hollywood
has done a stunningly good job in masking the shocking reality of the fact that these
are children - aged twelve through eighteen, innocent casualties paying for the adults' mistakes;
children forced into prostitution, fake relationships, children forced into maneuvering through
a world of corruption, media brain-washing and propaganda.
Consider Katniss. She is a person of color (olive-skinned, black-haired, gray -eyed, fight me if
you will but she is not a white person), disabled (partially deaf, PTSD-sufferer, malnourished),
falling somewhere in the gray spectrum both sexually and romantically. As far as
representation goes, Katniss is one of the most diverse characters in literature, period. Consider
Peeta, his prosthetic leg (which, together with Katniss's deafness, has been conveniently left out
of the movies) and his mental trauma in the third book. Consider Annie's mental disability.
Consider Beetie in his wheelchair. Consider all the people of color, as well as the fact that
people in the Capitol seem to have neglected all sorts of gender stereotypes (e.g. all the men are
wearing makeup). There is absolutely no doubt that the series is the most diverse piece of
literature out there. Consider this: the typical roles are reversed and Peeta is the damsel in
distress whereas Katniss does all the saving.
Furthermore, the alarming lack of religion (in a brutal society reliant on the slaughter of
children God serves no purpose), as well as several other factors, such as the undisputed
position of authority of President Snow, is suspiciously reminiscent of the already familiar
model of a totalitarian society.
The Hunger Games, in other words, is revolutionary in its message, in its diversity, in the
execution of its idea, in its universality. I mentioned Harry Potter in the subtitle. While this
other series has played a vital role in the shaping of my character, it has gradually receded to
the back line for several reasons, one of which is how problematic it actually is. This, though, is
a problem for another day. (The Hunger Games is virtually unproblematic and while it may be
argued that the LGBTQ society is underrepresented, a momentary counterargument is that ***
has a role too insignificant in the general picture of the story to be necessary to be delved into
this supposed problem). Where I was going with this is that, at the end of the day, Harry Potter,
while largely enjoyed by adults and children alike, is a children's book and contains a moral
code for children, it was devised to serve as a moral compass for the generation it was to bring
up. The Hunger Games, on the other hand, requires you to already have a moral compass
installed in order to understand its message. It is, as I already said, a straightforward critique of
a dysfunctional society, aimed at those aware and intelligent enough to pick on it.
As for its aesthetic qualities, the series is written, ominously, in the present tense, tersely and
concisely, yet at the same time in a particularly detailed and eloquent manner. It lacks the
pretentious prose to which I am usually drawn, yet captivates precisely with the simplicity of its
wording, which I believe is a deliberate choice, made so as to anchor the story to the mundane
reality of the actual world that surrounds us.
That being said, I would like to sum up that The Hunger Games is, to my mind, perhaps the
most successful portrayal of the world nowadays, a book series that should be read with an
open mind and a keen sense of social awareness.
Continue reading...
Continue reading...
I Hunger
I hunger for anything
A dangerous feeling
Greed to me beckoning
To devour myself in wanting
#love #want #hunger #crave
Words
hundredth hung hunger hungered hungering
SALIVA
Way-**-o, Way-**-o, Way-**-o, I HUNGER!
Way-**-o, Way-**-o, Way-**-o, I HUNGER!
Way-**-o, Way-**-o, Way-**-o, I HUNGER!
#lyrics #lyricalpoetry #death #dragon #song #origin #myth
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hunger.
hunger did nothing for me.
it gave me no new growth,
it did not give me strength
for my bones, it did not fill
me with wonder and longing.
hunger could not stay with me.
it romances with tiny spaces
and the idea of belonging,
but my stomach growls louder
than the wolves outside my bed.
#hunger #stomach #starvation #growth #change #life #women #pain #eat
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mari
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My first encounter with THG was approximately four years ago, when I had barely turned
fourteen, did not consider myself bilingual and was romantically frustrated. Naturally, I made
several mistakes at the time. First off, I read the series in translation, since I'm not a native
English speaker, and missed out a huge chunk of the significance of the story. Then, as I said, I
was romantically frustrated and thus paid such a monstrous amount of attention to the romance
aspect of the story that I want to bitchslap myself. Finally, at fourteen, I was still ignorant and
uneducated about so many things that I read the series, got hyped for perhaps six months or so,
then forgot all about it, save for the occasional rewatch of the movies. In retrospect, this is
probably one of the biggest mistakes I've ever made. Now, at the ripe old age of eighteen, a
significantly better-read person, waaay more woke, as well as socially aware, I decided to finally
read the series in the original and am finally able to put my thoughts together in a coherent,
educated review of the series.
The Hunger Games has continuously been compared to a number of other books and series,
occasionally put down as inferior and forgettable. In those past few years I managed to read a
great part of the newly established young adult dystopian genre and am able to argue that A.
The Hunger Games is undoubtedly universal and unrestricted to young adult audiences and
that B. it is, without the slightest shade of uncertainty, the best series written in our generation.
While many people draw parallels between The Hunger Games and, say, Battle Royale, the
similarities end with the first book, which, while spectacular in execution, seems unoriginal in
its very idea. As the series unrolls, however, it is hardly possible to compare it to anything, save
for, perhaps, Orwell's 1984. The social depiction and the severe criticism laid down in the very
basis of the story are so brutally honest that it fails my understanding how the series was ever
allowed to become this popular. What starts out as a story about a nightmarish post-
Apocalyptic world works up to be revealed as a cleverly veiled portrayal of our own morally
degraded and dilapidated society (if you're looking for proof, seek no further: as the series was
turned into several blockbuster movies, public interest was primarily concerned with the
supposed love triangle rather than the bitter truths concealed in the narrative). Class
segregation, media manipulation, dysfunctional governments are just the tip of the iceberg
when it comes to the realities that The Hunger Games so adroitly mimics. If I were to dissect,
chapter by chapter, all three books, I'd probably find myself stiff with terror at the accuracy of
the societal portrait drawn by Collins. I strongly advise those of you who haven't read the series
between the lines to immediately do so because no matter how many attempts I make to point it
out to you, you simply have to read the series with an alert sense of social justice to realize that
it doesn't simply ring true, it shakes the ground with rock concert amplifiers true.
Other than the plot that unfolds into a civil war by the third book (the series deals so amazingly
with trauma survival and with depicting the atrocities of war that I am still haunted by certain
images), the characters of the story are what makes it all the more realistic. Though Hollywood
has done a stunningly good job in masking the shocking reality of the fact that these
are children - aged twelve through eighteen, innocent casualties paying for the adults' mistakes;
children forced into prostitution, fake relationships, children forced into maneuvering through
a world of corruption, media brain-washing and propaganda.
Consider Katniss. She is a person of color (olive-skinned, black-haired, gray -eyed, fight me if
you will but she is not a white person), disabled (partially deaf, PTSD-sufferer, malnourished),
falling somewhere in the gray spectrum both sexually and romantically. As far as
representation goes, Katniss is one of the most diverse characters in literature, period. Consider
Peeta, his prosthetic leg (which, together with Katniss's deafness, has been conveniently left out
of the movies) and his mental trauma in the third book. Consider Annie's mental disability.
Consider Beetie in his wheelchair. Consider all the people of color, as well as the fact that
people in the Capitol seem to have neglected all sorts of gender stereotypes (e.g. all the men are
wearing makeup). There is absolutely no doubt that the series is the most diverse piece of
literature out there. Consider this: the typical roles are reversed and Peeta is the damsel in
distress whereas Katniss does all the saving.
Furthermore, the alarming lack of religion (in a brutal society reliant on the slaughter of
children God serves no purpose), as well as several other factors, such as the undisputed
position of authority of President Snow, is suspiciously reminiscent of the already familiar
model of a totalitarian society.
The Hunger Games, in other words, is revolutionary in its message, in its diversity, in the
execution of its idea, in its universality. I mentioned Harry Potter in the subtitle. While this
other series has played a vital role in the shaping of my character, it has gradually receded to
the back line for several reasons, one of which is how problematic it actually is. This, though, is
a problem for another day. (The Hunger Games is virtually unproblematic and while it may be
argued that the LGBTQ society is underrepresented, a momentary counterargument is that ***
has a role too insignificant in the general picture of the story to be necessary to be delved into
this supposed problem). Where I was going with this is that, at the end of the day, Harry Potter,
while largely enjoyed by adults and children alike, is a children's book and contains a moral
code for children, it was devised to serve as a moral compass for the generation it was to bring
up. The Hunger Games, on the other hand, requires you to already have a moral compass
installed in order to understand its message. It is, as I already said, a straightforward critique of
a dysfunctional society, aimed at those aware and intelligent enough to pick on it.
As for its aesthetic qualities, the series is written, ominously, in the present tense, tersely and
concisely, yet at the same time in a particularly detailed and eloquent manner. It lacks the
pretentious prose to which I am usually drawn, yet captivates precisely with the simplicity of its
wording, which I believe is a deliberate choice, made so as to anchor the story to the mundane
reality of the actual world that surrounds us.
That being said, I would like to sum up that The Hunger Games is, to my mind, perhaps the
most successful portrayal of the world nowadays, a book series that should be read with an
open mind and a keen sense of social awareness.
Continue reading...
sunrain afternoon May 2019
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I Hunger
I hunger for anything
A dangerous feeling
Greed to me beckoning
To devour myself in wanting
#love #want #hunger #crave
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Dead Hunger
Flesh* was the *delicacy
Upon dead lips it was warm,
Blood did taste like a wine of
Seventy
Four
Years
The younger years
Were drank to fast,
To tender from the bone,
They never lasted long,
Till the
Hunger,
Fever,
Starvation
Of the dead took hold,
Yearning for the warmth,
"bodies numb"
To digest, blood still pumping warm
There was less living to feast
Only the cold hunger,
Like packs we hunted,
Never in need of rest
Rotting on jagged bones
Minds,
Bodies,
Soulless
Hunger that needed, wanting
To be fulfilled
We feel
We feel the hunger
We feel the hunger of the flesh,
We are dead in the heart but warmth
Is our comfort,
Warmth of fresh flesh, blood
Coursing down our throats
I consumed a vintage
Forty
Five
Old
She taste bitter, but we drank our full
Till nothing left,
We hunger for warmth, we are the **dead.
#dead #drink #cold #warmth #comfort #hunger #flesh
Hunger
"The world produces enough food to feed everyone, yet 155 million children are chronically
malnourished and 820 million people suffer from hunger."
United Nations Facebook Page
October 16, 2018
(World Food Day)
It's never OK
I'd be right there next to you
Begging on the street corner
If things were just
A little different
"Poverty is the principal cause of hunger. The causes of poverty include lack of resources,
unequal income distribution in the world and within specific countries, conflict and hunger
itself."
"Hunger is also a cause of poverty, and thus of hunger, in a cyclical relationship. By causing
poor health, small body size, low levels of energy and reductions in mental functioning, hunger
can lead to even greater poverty by reducing people’s ability to work and learn"
#hunger #homelessness
Words
hundredth hung hunger hungered hungering
SALIVA
Way-**-o, Way-**-o, Way-**-o, I HUNGER!
Way-**-o, Way-**-o, Way-**-o, I HUNGER!
Way-**-o, Way-**-o, Way-**-o, I HUNGER!
#lyrics #lyricalpoetry #death #dragon #song #origin #myth
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mari Oct 2018
hunger.
hunger did nothing for me.
it gave me no new growth,
it did not give me strength
for my bones, it did not fill
me with wonder and longing.
#hunger #stomach #starvation #growth #change #life #women #pain #eat
Written by
mari
(22/F/canada)
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My first encounter with THG was approximately four years ago, when I had barely turned
fourteen, did not consider myself bilingual and was romantically frustrated. Naturally, I made
several mistakes at the time. First off, I read the series in translation, since I'm not a native
English speaker, and missed out a huge chunk of the significance of the story. Then, as I said, I
was romantically frustrated and thus paid such a monstrous amount of attention to the romance
aspect of the story that I want to bitchslap myself. Finally, at fourteen, I was still ignorant and
uneducated about so many things that I read the series, got hyped for perhaps six months or so,
then forgot all about it, save for the occasional rewatch of the movies. In retrospect, this is
probably one of the biggest mistakes I've ever made. Now, at the ripe old age of eighteen, a
significantly better-read person, waaay more woke, as well as socially aware, I decided to finally
read the series in the original and am finally able to put my thoughts together in a coherent,
educated review of the series.
The Hunger Games has continuously been compared to a number of other books and series,
occasionally put down as inferior and forgettable. In those past few years I managed to read a
great part of the newly established young adult dystopian genre and am able to argue that A.
The Hunger Games is undoubtedly universal and unrestricted to young adult audiences and
that B. it is, without the slightest shade of uncertainty, the best series written in our generation.
While many people draw parallels between The Hunger Games and, say, Battle Royale, the
similarities end with the first book, which, while spectacular in execution, seems unoriginal in
its very idea. As the series unrolls, however, it is hardly possible to compare it to anything, save
for, perhaps, Orwell's 1984. The social depiction and the severe criticism laid down in the very
basis of the story are so brutally honest that it fails my understanding how the series was ever
allowed to become this popular. What starts out as a story about a nightmarish post-
Apocalyptic world works up to be revealed as a cleverly veiled portrayal of our own morally
degraded and dilapidated society (if you're looking for proof, seek no further: as the series was
turned into several blockbuster movies, public interest was primarily concerned with the
supposed love triangle rather than the bitter truths concealed in the narrative). Class
segregation, media manipulation, dysfunctional governments are just the tip of the iceberg
when it comes to the realities that The Hunger Games so adroitly mimics. If I were to dissect,
chapter by chapter, all three books, I'd probably find myself stiff with terror at the accuracy of
the societal portrait drawn by Collins. I strongly advise those of you who haven't read the series
between the lines to immediately do so because no matter how many attempts I make to point it
out to you, you simply have to read the series with an alert sense of social justice to realize that
it doesn't simply ring true, it shakes the ground with rock concert amplifiers true.
Other than the plot that unfolds into a civil war by the third book (the series deals so amazingly
with trauma survival and with depicting the atrocities of war that I am still haunted by certain
images), the characters of the story are what makes it all the more realistic. Though Hollywood
has done a stunningly good job in masking the shocking reality of the fact that these
are children - aged twelve through eighteen, innocent casualties paying for the adults' mistakes;
children forced into prostitution, fake relationships, children forced into maneuvering through
a world of corruption, media brain-washing and propaganda.
Consider Katniss. She is a person of color (olive-skinned, black-haired, gray -eyed, fight me if
you will but she is not a white person), disabled (partially deaf, PTSD-sufferer, malnourished),
falling somewhere in the gray spectrum both sexually and romantically. As far as
representation goes, Katniss is one of the most diverse characters in literature, period. Consider
Peeta, his prosthetic leg (which, together with Katniss's deafness, has been conveniently left out
of the movies) and his mental trauma in the third book. Consider Annie's mental disability.
Consider Beetie in his wheelchair. Consider all the people of color, as well as the fact that
people in the Capitol seem to have neglected all sorts of gender stereotypes (e.g. all the men are
wearing makeup). There is absolutely no doubt that the series is the most diverse piece of
literature out there. Consider this: the typical roles are reversed and Peeta is the damsel in
distress whereas Katniss does all the saving.
Furthermore, the alarming lack of religion (in a brutal society reliant on the slaughter of
children God serves no purpose), as well as several other factors, such as the undisputed
position of authority of President Snow, is suspiciously reminiscent of the already familiar
model of a totalitarian society.
The Hunger Games, in other words, is revolutionary in its message, in its diversity, in the
execution of its idea, in its universality. I mentioned Harry Potter in the subtitle. While this
other series has played a vital role in the shaping of my character, it has gradually receded to
the back line for several reasons, one of which is how problematic it actually is. This, though, is
a problem for another day. (The Hunger Games is virtually unproblematic and while it may be
argued that the LGBTQ society is underrepresented, a momentary counterargument is that ***
has a role too insignificant in the general picture of the story to be necessary to be delved into
this supposed problem). Where I was going with this is that, at the end of the day, Harry Potter,
while largely enjoyed by adults and children alike, is a children's book and contains a moral
code for children, it was devised to serve as a moral compass for the generation it was to bring
up. The Hunger Games, on the other hand, requires you to already have a moral compass
installed in order to understand its message. It is, as I already said, a straightforward critique of
a dysfunctional society, aimed at those aware and intelligent enough to pick on it.
As for its aesthetic qualities, the series is written, ominously, in the present tense, tersely and
concisely, yet at the same time in a particularly detailed and eloquent manner. It lacks the
pretentious prose to which I am usually drawn, yet captivates precisely with the simplicity of its
wording, which I believe is a deliberate choice, made so as to anchor the story to the mundane
reality of the actual world that surrounds us.
That being said, I would like to sum up that The Hunger Games is, to my mind, perhaps the
most successful portrayal of the world nowadays, a book series that should be read with an
open mind and a keen sense of social awareness.
Continue reading...
Continue reading...
I Hunger
I hunger for anything
A dangerous feeling
Greed to me beckoning
To devour myself in wanting
#love #want #hunger #crave
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Dead Hunger
Flesh* was the *delicacy
Upon dead lips it was warm,
Blood did taste like a wine of
Seventy
Four
Years
The younger years
Were drank to fast,
To tender from the bone,
They never lasted long,
Till the
Hunger,
Fever,
Starvation
Of the dead took hold,
Yearning for the warmth,
"bodies numb"
To digest, blood still pumping warm
There was less living to feast
Only the cold hunger,
Like packs we hunted,
Never in need of rest
Rotting on jagged bones
Minds,
Bodies,
Soulless
Hunger that needed, wanting
To be fulfilled
We feel
We feel the hunger
We feel the hunger of the flesh,
We are dead in the heart but warmth
Is our comfort,
Warmth of fresh flesh, blood
Coursing down our throats
I consumed a vintage
Forty
Five
Old
She taste bitter, but we drank our full
Till nothing left,
We hunger for warmth, we are the **dead.
#dead #drink #cold #warmth #comfort #hunger #flesh
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Hunger
"The world produces enough food to feed everyone, yet 155 million children are chronically
malnourished and 820 million people suffer from hunger."
It's never OK
I'd be right there next to you
Begging on the street corner
If things were just
A little different
"Poverty is the principal cause of hunger. The causes of poverty include lack of resources,
unequal income distribution in the world and within specific countries, conflict and hunger
itself."
"Hunger is also a cause of poverty, and thus of hunger, in a cyclical relationship. By causing
poor health, small body size, low levels of energy and reductions in mental functioning, hunger
can lead to even greater poverty by reducing people’s ability to work and learn"
#hunger #homelessness
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Pablo Neruda
Love Sonnet XI
I crave your mouth, your voice, your hair.
Silent and starving, I prowl through the streets.
Bread does not nourish me, dawn disrupts me, all day
I hunt for the liquid measure of your steps.
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Hunger
Red , red is the color of my hunger ,
like the blood that flows endlessly from
the cut on my left ring finger . Like the rose
that withered on my front door step . Like the
color of my cheeks or the echoing of a bruise.
Deny myself simple pleasures like the breath of
another or the feel of water. Giving more, more than
I have to satisfy another. My hunger is red like a lung, but
I’m exhaling more than in -- my hunger is your happiness.
#love #heartbreak #sad #life #sacrifice #greed #hungry
Written by
Carsyn Smith
(PA, USA)
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Cafeteria Catholic
You let me hunger
so that I
starve for You-
without You, die.
Lord, I am hungry.
Fill me up
with your Flesh-Bread
and Life-giving Cup.
Lord, I am hungry.
Let me starve.
Upon my heart
Your trademark carve.
Lord, I am hungry.
Thank you, though.
For without hunger
I'd never know
how much I filled
my life with things
that dull Your brilliance
and make kings
of worldly pleasures.
Let me crave
Your Word alone
and help me brave
this war of willpower.
Pave the way
to Your Kingdom
for there I'll stay
for all eternity
if I
let You consume me
till I die.
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i had sort of imagined this being read in a sort of stuck up, lazy british accent.
Written by
noah chen
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Hunger
There are times when I can eat the world alive.
The hunger in my veins
glows red-hot and consumes all logic.
The hunger in my veins
rushes to my head and burns up the facade.
The facade of innocence in my eyes
that collapses as the fire mounts and I'm alone.
Take me
rain hard kisses down my throat.
Take me
slake your lust on the softness of my skin.
Take me
offer up a sacrifice to Aphrodite's son.
Take me
drain the hunger in my veins.
Take me
in between the darkness and the light.
*Satisfy me.
#desire #lust #hunger
A Hunger Unleashed
it took me a few years
but i worked my way around
the bookshelf;
gnawing at the images
it had fed my mind,
filling a crave i did not know
still existed.
my mind no longer
cowers towards ignorance,
nor does it gnaw
on the edges of my books.
Hunger
A young child
Sitting on the distant shore
of a dream-city,
Watching the golden sun
gleam on its silvery, glowing walls
Cried softly
#hungerdreamgreedlovefearoceanpassion
Hunger
There is a sinking discomfort at my core
my ego falls into a pit of quicksand, lost forever more;
lost to the lingering sorrow--for tomorrow will be
as it was today: languishing, writhing in emptiness...