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

passiondesiredramatic verse

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Freddie Robinson Jr.

Date: 4/13/2017 10:50:00 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

Date: 3/23/2017 5:54:00 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

Date: 1/18/2013 10:35:00 PM

this one really captures that feeling of desire, all consuming and passionate. Good one!

Rachel St.Cross

Date: 7/10/2012 12:00:00 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
Date: 7/10/2012 6:22:00 PM

Thank you Rachel,,,, you have a blessed day ;}

Sarah Seraphin

Date: 11/4/2011 10:03:00 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
Date: 11/4/2011 10:36:00 PM

thank you sarah for yr sweet comments ;}

Robert Pettit

Date: 1/19/2011 3:04:00 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.