Lacy

Really enjoyed reading this.  Seductive and highly descriptive.  The  lines indicate that a great night is only just starting and promises so much more.  

thank you dearest poet most graciously for the love on this write ❤️

In Buddhist teachings, greed, hatred, and delusion are known, for good reason, as the three poisons, the three unwholesome roots, and the three fires, and we all can suffer from them at any given moment.
Powerful poem my friend.

🙏 Mo

hello dearest Mo but how we to reconcile such delusions if they make up some of our mental health such is the case with me...further I think are they delusions or rather part of an unseen world...that we feel but cannot see...thank you my friend for sharing and for the RL add it's deeply appreciated 💕

Yes  Ms. Crimsin, delusions are part of our lives and cling to us like mud, the ten ox herding pictures in Zen are to teach one how to train the "Bull" that is part of us as humans, and we can never rid ourselves of the bull, only never give up training it.
I have been practicing Zen for 35 years and still my delusions (bull) send my mind into hell every once and awhile. All I can ever do is look deeply into myself and ask that fundamental Zen question as I sit in meditation; who am I? Then whatever I do during the course of my day I try to see as deep as I can into reality...this morning when I was drinking a cup of coffee I saw the true self, the sunshine and rain that grew the coffee beans, the unknown farmer in some distant part of the world who harvested the beans, the many nameless workers who made and packaged the coffee, even the water that came out of my tap, they all went into the making of a simple cup of coffee. There is only one simple thing that I can do without the entire Universe offering me assistance...all the rest I need help, even wiping my own arse requires so many unknown hands my friend. LOL.
As the Buddha said, life is suffering...

Peace my friend...Mo.

Excellent description of the torment of the lust.
I agree with what Zenman said - life is suffering.
Even in suffering, there is beauty to be found, I live it everyday.

hey there beautiful Debbie thank you graciously for the love on this write I agree there is beauty in pain 💕

yep, those two last stanzas are the perfect climax to this lustful piece.
Wonderful work.