Hungry Woman

Hungering woman! 

After many lean years 

Hungry in heart 

To point of tears - 

Hungry for everything 

That woman needs 

Hungry for words 

And hungry for deeds - 

Hungry for kindness 

Hungry for warmth 

Hungry for love 

To the point of remorse - 

Hungry for whole 

And for each part - 

Hungry for soul 

And hungry for heart! 

Hungering woman! 

You're never there 

You say you need me

Then flee into air 

Each day each week 

I think and toil 

Passion wells up 

My blood comes to a boil 

Waiting for you 

Or simply your call 

With my mind burning, 

Nerves stretched out tall, 

With cannons shooting 

All through the lung, 

With forks inserted 

Into the tongue, 

With gut contorted 

With burning eyes 

Hearing distorted 

Throat bound by ties 

With shaking ligaments -

Knees growing weak -

With all within me 

Waiting to break - 

With heart impaled 

On the end of the knife. 

Hungering woman! 

You eat me alive!