Lust

Hypnotic eyes fix you in place

Dark flowing hair, a youthful face

A lovely prize; my heart keeps pace

And so begins the age-old chase

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They say beauty's only skin deep

If only such a gift could keep

Let us, our harvest, shortly reap

And then we'll fall deeply asleep

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What's this? The light of day intrudes

And so the walk of shame concludes

This pornographic night of ours

Now for our solitary show'rs;

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Why does this life seduce my soul?

Desire burns brighter than coal

This strife is rife for she is wild

And so desires to be defiled

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I know it deep inside my bones

It's on the nose, the pheromones

That you and I are meant to be

So in your gorgeous eyes I see

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The woman of my fantasy

And yet we've never met before

My dreams are staring back at me

So is it them that I adore?

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Into a haze my life is thrown

But she remains as clear as day

My soul is no longer my own

She takes my hand and leads the way

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This is the second in a series of seven poems on the Seven Deadly Sins; if you're interested, you can find the other six here: Pride, Wrath, Sloth, Gluttony, Envy, Greed.