I am trying to figure out

how to walk against 

the gravity of want

the want that wants to dance

through this world 

as if it was not a weight

to be carried

the want that wants 

to hear its name

whispered in the dark

and then to rise up

like molten fire

from in the belly of the earth

to take into its body

everything it wants

in the ways that passions consume

without a taste for mercy

the want that wants to be

hot like breath that has nothing

it must hold back

like eyes that blaze starlight

without shading themselves

from the risk of what seeing sees

when it looks back at seeing

the want to burn the borders down

and let the hungry rush

to drink their fill

and feast on everything sweet

that has stood a lifetime

beyond the reach of hunger's need

and then sometimes

all that want can want

is only to stop wanting

and forget that what it is 

is wanting

when wanting 

does not get 

to want

when wanting
wants most
what is best
to want for you