Day 19: Where Desire is Born

At a point in life

Everybody falls for something.

It might bring you peace or strife

Still there is always that special something;

A solitary desire

That ignites your passion like consuming fire.

Giving wings to your dreams

And yes! Sometimes, often go unfulfilled.

I have wandered on the verge of discovery,

Only to be blighted by the cause of searching.

What is it I search for?

That my soul will not exist but fall for?

But I must continue searching

Though it brings me to my knees.

It burns my heart like hot coals

Impossible to ignore.

I’m headed down the long and winding road,

Like once before,

That place where desire is born.

Not knowing what I might find

But I won’t stop until I bind.

Akpan