_____ by N'jeri Faith

It is sin to want you,
to want you the
way I do.
Craziness
is what they call it,
yet in secret,
I want you,
and think of all
the ways I will
ruin
what we have
if I decided
to be consumed
by my more curious self.

Despite the realities
there is the fantasy
unreal, unrecognized
yet meaningful.
This desire will
emancipate me
but why? and for how long?
'Til I am taken.

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