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Desire created me,
centuries of desire
- desire for love & intimacy,
self-worth & power,
possession & conquest -
I know not what;
only that I exist.
Desire creates me still,
desire I know,
desire I claim.
Desire to know
wisdom
initiated my journey.
Named as my quest,
when merely five.
I’ve happened upon much forbidden fruit,
that, upon consumption,
revealed indisputable truth:
evil & goodness reside together,
inseparably entwined,
regardless of desire.
Desire to be
teacher
provided my path.
Recognized as my role,
when all of six,
I’ve restrained my choices,
and controlled temptation,
to develop the persona
through which I am known,
through which I thrive,
because of desire.
Desire to communicate as
writer
motivates each step.
Imagined as my dream,
when felled by two broken arms,
I’ve recorded experience,
and pondered ideas,
only to know not yet,
not yet have I fully revealed,
not yet have I truly expressed
the gifts of my call of desire.
Desire to love
another completely
refines my attention.
Voiced as prayer,
when betrayed by passion,
I’ve longed to accept - and be accepted -
without condition,
only to discover
that evil and goodness reside together,
that goodness and evil are perpetually entwined,
in spite of one’s own desire.
I create through desire,
desire claimed,
and, desire, I suspect, not yet named.
For centuries, my desire will persist,
in having been incarnated
as teacher,
as writer,
as lover.
What will be created, I know not;
only that, it will exist.
About the Creator
Denise Davis
A Manhattan-toasted, Kentucky marinated, Southern Californian, this 60+ year old woman has studied writing, taught writing and admired writing. It's time to actually begin writing. We shall see how this goes.
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Comments (2)
Desire is awesome! Great work!
Wow, this was very powerful! Really beautifully written.