Tempted

acrostic poem inspired by the moment.

“several assorted-color neon light signage” by Alexis Fauvet on Unsplash

Trials thrust upon me

Everywhere I turn is peril

Monumental force of desire

Pulled back by sheer will

Too many chances to fail

Ending in guilt and shame?

Dammit! Not this time!

I am an odd duck, and I suffer occasionally from the urges that almost killed me a few times in the past.

Tonight, tired, alone (she’s already asleep in bed) and faced with hours and hours of work to do, starting at an hour to midnight, those same old self destructive drives came online hard and strong, so I wrote a poem rather than dive down the rabbit hole as it were.

Thank God for you guys who read this stuff and let me feel like I’m not totally alone in the world.

Duke.