Debbie Duncan Poet Dramatic Verse

Desire

Desire in the night is like
Rain splashing upon your face 
Thunder coming down from the sky
It comes when you least expect it
Forcing you down to the ground. 


Though you embrace it like 
There will be no tomorrow 
The desire that fills your very 
Soul is like a burning inferno.

There is no space or time
Swimming in your emotions
You are lost to the outside world
Every breath is burning with desire

It's like it has swallowed you up
And once more you are consumed
By the fire with desire in your heart.



3 / 8 / 1999   12 midnight

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Freddie Robinson Jr. April 13, 2017 at 10:50 AM Very passionate write, Debbie. You expressed that burning emotion w/clarity and empathy. An excellent poem. More love to you and yours.

Duke Beaufort March 23, 2017 at 5:54 PM Interesting and yes, desire is a very strong emotion. It tends to take over and intrude upon our very existence. I suppose it is normal. If you mean the desire to have sex or bond with someone, for example, I think you are correct. To a lesser extent the desire to do something constructive sometimes overcomes me, but not as often as the primitive feelings.

Andrea Dietrich January 18, 2013 at 10:35 PM this one really captures that feeling of desire, all consuming and passionate. Good one!

Rachel St.Cross July 10, 2012 at 12:00 PM ‡ I Love When One Can Feel These Emotions Found Within Anothers Words Pouring From Their Deepest Heart Of Heart's, Beautiful Debbie * Perhaps It Is Just My Own, 'Desire,' Burning From The Inside Out This Page * Swallowing, These Flames, My Luv, Rachel ‡ Debbie Duncan July 10, 2012 at 6:22 PM Thank you Rachel,,,, you have a blessed day ;}

Sarah Seraphin November 4, 2011 at 10:03 PM * “I Could Feel The Beautiful Shadows of Desire Rising Amid Myself As I Viewed This Very Powerful, Stimulating & Indiscribable, Verse * My Dear Sweet Beautiful Debbie * Yet My Desire Seems to Have Spawned Itself Amid The Bed of Burning Love * A Pedestal This Treasure Shall Set * Aside The Perfect Beauty of Yourself * My Luv, Always * Sarah.”* Debbie Duncan November 4, 2011 at 10:36 PM thank you sarah for yr sweet comments ;}

Robert Pettit January 19, 2011 at 3:04 AM Nice descriptiveness in this presentation. One item needs correction in the last line of your second verse: replace "infernal" with "inferno". The word "infernal" is an adjective" while "inferno" is a noun.

Mohammad Yamin January 17, 2011 at 8:55 AM Perhaps you will like to correct the typing error of the title of the poem

Mohammad Yamin January 17, 2011 at 8:52 AM A good write. I enjoyed reading it. Thanks for sharing. Welcome as Premium Member of Poetry soup.