Craving



Craving the taste,
To appetize and defend...
An addiction to feed,
Upon delicious fiction.
Is and has been an expensive delusion.
That fools made to feast this habit,
Refuse to believe will never be defeated.

Sickened have been the minds,
Dining to wine from time to time...
On delusions they can and will,
See the reality of truth...
Retreat and defeated.
Until from the table,
It is nolonger introduced.
Continue to expect,
Their portrayal to display power...
Will never lose its effectiveness.

Since fed to witness,
In movies and on their TV screens...
A replication they can take and create,
Depictions related to a way of life...
That has nothing to do,
With what is true.
So many isolated have yet to face.
Regardless of the weapons they choose.
In their mindless attempts,
To erase truth and its value.

And here we are today.
Living in the midst of fear and threats.
Yet...
Not from foreign terrorists to suspect.
But ourselves.
Dressed in camouflage.
Doing what we know best.
Creating conflicts and division.
And a hopeful diminishing of diversity.
That those fed to feed on ignorance,
Seem only capable to digest!

Defending fiction.
Popularized to feed upon.
Craving more of it to digest.
Has become an expensive delusion.
Only fools refuse to believe and accept,
Defeats the truth and reality of it.

And yet...
With a consciousness
Blind and distorted.
By fear and threats of death.
Not from foreign terrorists.
But on their own land.
And in hometowns.
With a testing to taste,
Just how far their craving takes...
For a destruction that elimates,
The quality and way of life.
They nolonger appreciate.
Or can tolerate.
Its diversity to value.
For what it had been for them.
Before fiction they allowed to devour!

'You know...
I can't get enough of this funky stuff.
You should try it.'

'I have.
And it made me sick of it.'

'Well...
Some of us were not born to digest,
The best that life has to offer.'

'You've got to be out of your mind!'

'Ssshhh.
Hush up with that.
Lower your voice.
You may want that kind of attention.
I don't!
Font size:
Collection  PDF     
 

Submitted by lpahtillah on August 15, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:48 min read
13

Quick analysis:

Scheme AXXBBXC DXXXCXXEFG GXHIJJXXXJ XXKEXXLBXXL BXLBXM KGCXXXXAXDIHHJXF XXM XM XLF X DXXBX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,968
Words 361
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 7, 10, 10, 11, 6, 16, 3, 2, 3, 1, 5

Discuss the poem Craving with the community...

0 Comments

    Translation

    Find a translation for this poem in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "Craving" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 27 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/107122/craving>.

    Become a member!

    Join our community of poets and poetry lovers to share your work and offer feedback and encouragement to writers all over the world!

    April 2024

    Poetry Contest

    Join our monthly contest for an opportunity to win cash prizes and attain global acclaim for your talent.
    3
    days
    12
    hours
    27
    minutes

    Special Program

    Earn Rewards!

    Unlock exciting rewards such as a free mug and free contest pass by commenting on fellow members' poems today!

    Browse Poetry.com

    Quiz

    Are you a poetry master?

    »
    What year was "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral" originally published?
    A 1773
    B 1761
    C 1701
    D 1789