Hungry Woman

Hungering woman! 
After many lean years 
Hungry in heart 
To point of tears - 

Hungry for everything 
That woman needs 
Hungry for words 
And hungry for deeds - 

Hungry for kindness 
Hungry for warmth 
Hungry for love 
To the point of remorse - 

Hungry for whole 
And for each part - 
Hungry for soul 
And hungry for heart! 

Hungering woman! 
You're never there 
You say you need me 
Then flee into air 

Each day each week 
I think and toil 
Passion wells up 
My blood comes to a boil 

Waiting for you 
Or simply your call 
With my mind burning, 
Nerves stretched out tall, 

With cannons shooting 
All through the lung, 
With forks inserted 
Into the tongue, 

With gut contorted 
With burning eyes 
Hearing distorted 
Throat bound by ties 

With shaking ligaments -
Knees growing weak -
With all within me 
Waiting to break - 

With heart impaled 
On the end of the knife. 
Hungering woman! 
You eat me alive!