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.