ONE NIGHT

At times

I like to think I have it all together

Putting on such a clever act

You don’t see

This battle I fight inside

Beaten down

By my own emotions

These demons taunt me without mercy

I stand

Painfully burned by this guilt

Yet still begging for your flesh against mine

Just one night

Would it be enough?

This craving consumes me

As my mind blissfully recollects

The moments shared

With you

Imagining your kiss

One taste of your lips

The feel of your skin

Under my fingertips

Just one night

Indulging this illicit desire

Branding you

With this torturous fire

Searing nails

Ripping at your flesh

Sharing this burden

This pain

This hunger

This longing

I fight so hard

To deny

I need you

Deep inside of me

Just one night

Just one night

copyright Amy Pelletier (2009)