Unmet

Unmet
1/25/21

Many years ago
desires were many
needs insatiable.
As time passed and
they remained unmet
each began to retreat
submerging into the
deep, warm comfort
of the chest.
There, they stay
shy, silent partners of actions
resisting the impulse
to be noticed or heard.
Every so often
they peak around
the soft flesh of the heart
peering out to a now
unfamiliar world
butterflies in their stomachs
afraid to reveal themselves.
All the while
hoping they’ll be seen
hoping they’ll be indulged.
Eagerly, they wait
tapping their fingers
generating an almost
imperceptible jolt that
once again goes unnoticed.
As they’ve done
many times before
they retreat into the
empty space of the soul.

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