ambition
claire kendrick
i’m the insatiable cravings
that run through her like whiplash
tearing through her veins,
reaching the popped blood vessels
of her feet to her tired hands as she tries
to work late into the night
i’m the carrot, the prize, she’s the
foolish rabbit letting me guide her
as her primal desire lets me
i’m the insatiable cravings that
kisses at her brain tangible in my iridescent palms,
i wrapped it gently bringing it to my lips as i nip
at every little portion of what
makes her think. i want to be in her lust
i want to be in her fear, i am never relenting
i’m the insatiable cravings that drive
her feet to keep moving everyday
i keep her alive and wanting. i am there when no one else is
i’ll make her eyes shine
as she looks at the stars if only to blur her vision
so she doesn’t see
how i keep her from settling
into mediocrity instead of
madness
i’m her insatiable cravings but
it’s because i love her
i want her to be great.
i want to consume her and be in every part of her
and she wants me too
i am her insatiable cravings…but she is also mine.
she consumes me.
Claire Kendrick is a poet from Fishers, Indiana who works a 9-5 so that she can spend her evenings with her dogs in her backyard playing fetch and enjoying the simple pleasures in life.
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