Life Obsession Poems

Obsession

permanence

There is a permanence In every move you make,
The steps you take when walking the dog
Create the rhythm for a heart that beats 
Halfway around

Heartbound

A cold, silver knife
rests on my shaking fingers.
I graze the blade across my life;
the slicing of it lingers.
I push the metal through my skin,
right to

Obsession Of Love

My love for you
Is an obsession for me,
And your love for me
Has become a necessity.
I'd be helpless without it,
A fish out of water,
As sad as

Fleeting Obsessions

We're so keen, so obsessed,
We're tired, so fed up.
Disgusted, disappointed, and anguished,
Yet we proceed, we go on.

Afraid of giving up,
Bound by chains,
Chains of our loves

Special people

Jackie who was permanently stuck in the twos after
a childhood vaccine that was due..
Larry's addiction and prior crimes that led to his
affliction and wheel chair

A deep obsession penetrated his mind, an untamed and deeply rooted passion

A deep obsession penetrated his mind, an untamed and deeply rooted passion,
Not even a twelve-step program could bring him the much-desired relief,
The poet had an

My Obsession Is Writing

I have always had an urge to write_
have something to say-  something to tell
words shake the ocean of my sleep . . . 
and

Obsession

I wonder how important are you 
if you're being watched over 
day and night by tens of pairs of eyes. 
Are you a jewel with

I Loved Too Deeply

I once told myself I was incapable of love,
Because I could not love myself.
That was until I met you.
For months my diet consisted of not

Obsession

Lying on my bed 
I could feel my heart beating 
I don't really know how to describe this feeling 

Lying to my dad
I could feel

Phil the Tech Enthusiast

There once was a tech enthusiast,  
Name of Phil, and in him an obsession did persist.  
It was with his laptop that he

Unsociable Media

Everyday we get more dependant
Reducing our span of attention
Rendering us less independant 
Diminishing our skill of retention. 

Like this, like that
Me.. Me.. meme.. Me
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Sex Obsession

The Sex Obsession

He was in his middle years, a retired seafarer living far
from the oceans of his youth and dreams had drowned 
in swells of

My Mistress

he is not human
like you and I
For she is my mistress 
I can not lie

I chance it all
To mount her peak
My mistress’s name
My wife now