Hunger Reins
Hunger holds the reins, stimulating or stifling,
driving the plant to bend to the sun and root deep,
herding the roe deer toward unsafe pasturing;
hunger holds the reins.
An emptiness of desire unfed, ends fitful sleep
as moon-tossed men pull threads of sanity, hiding,
from deep within a memory of fullness creeps;
hunger holds the reins.
Mouths and stomachs, hearts and souls, all need minding.
Un-sated, they distort, deform, in rampant leaps,
so feed your needs in earnest or you'll be finding,
hunger holds the reins.
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