Love and Lust

LOVE AND LUST Thoreau so wise, “the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” Materialism isn’t desperation, It’s football, a game, not desperation for the sane, And never goes quiet, Yet; Love and Lust, a battle, a challenge, eye and heart sync, Victory! Victory! a young man’s prize, This too shall pass, Always, Then, Love and Lust, Held tightly within, Delusions of course I say, Desperation of desire burns, seething quietly, slowly, desperately, Just quit I say, Wonderful, Love and Lust Then she smiles, Elation, yes this is love, Rainbows fade too quickly, Peaks and Valleys, Quit, nay, I can’t, Just maybe, Love and Lust, Hope quickly return, And one day she’s gone, Quiet desperation it is! Yes, it is quiet desperation. then another will come, Jim Kirk-Wiggins (c)