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Sha Aug 2017
Temptation is a beautiful white bird in the forest
Leading to a house made of
Gingerbread and candy canes.

It shouts, "Witch inside!"
But you wouldn't know
Unless you learn to say no
To every eye-catching offer of the evil.
But Hansel and Gretel did not know
Jorge Diaz Aug 2017
Holy God, Sovereign, Faithful, Righteous and True

I pray every day that I may be reduced

Death to the flesh, alive in You

This is hard to do

So much temptation blurs my view

Whatever it takes, this is what I chose

Be the gardener of my heart, weeds, and thorns remove

Drink from Your cup, Blood of Jesus righteous juices

My soul’s affection and bruised

Healed by Christ Jesus, stripes, and wounds

Don’t want to go back into the devil's pool

Let me walk in your victorious shoes

So that I won’t slip into the devil's glue

Like a plug to a socket, connected to You

So I won’t go down into death and meet my doom

Everywhere I go, Your light that gives life produces

Giving birth to everlasting Spiritual fruit

Fire of Your Holiness consumed

“To live as Christ and to die is gain”

This is my life’s pursuit
Raindrop Aug 2017
Let me taste the love from your lips until I can't taste the bitterness of mine. Make me feel loved and make me forget all the things I hate about myself.

Whisper your affection towards me until I can't hear the negative thoughts in my head ― just the murmurs of each other's names and the sound of our rapid heartbeats.

Let me feel your love inside me. Be slow and gentle, love. Let us both get lost in pleasure until we tremble and release each other. Then kiss me one more time and tell me how beautiful I look this way ― breathless, crying out your name.

I yearn for your touch; to have every inch of your body pressed against mine to the point I can't think of other things, but only you and the sensation you give me with every touch.

Darling, kiss away my sadness and save me from this madness.
JasFow Aug 2017
My Dear ******,
You held my brain high before I saw into your eyes
My lips demand a bite when you laugh
Everyday, wearing a new dress to impress us all
Flats, sandles, heels, barefoot on the ground asking to be picked up
Spun and handled with worn, warm hands
But you look away when someone admires
As everyone does, they want the love your heart hold to be theirs
I want to kiss your top and love your bottom soul too
You look younger than you are and you wear it well
Told me from the beginning, you don't feel the same as others
That I definitely could tell
Just when I think this is all a dream that a bad man keeps
Our lips share a moment
And I'm reminded why I was warned about you
From the other side, its just as strange.
Michael Briefs Aug 2017
She stays with me in the dark,
Until I drift.  
She’s there when I land,
Tangled in my bed,
A solitary shift.  
To rise,
To shake off the chill,
To assert my will,
To never give in or give up.  

I’ll make one more stand, fighting forth,
Moving out into the world,
Treading the path again.  

Ever still in my mind,
Her image firm above my aim,
She guides me through my pain.  
She speaks to me from within,
A whisper of delight;
Alight, sweetened words
Of unquenched desire.  
My pain and my joy,
Through fire and rebirth,
Beyond far horizons

I stray….

Still, I go on.  

Still she tempts me on:  
Over expanse of waves,
Of white peaks,
Of green forests,
Of hot sand….
Where I see her face and
Enter her wilderness.  

I go to her, seeking the comfort
Of her arms around.  
Her breath takes,
Her voice quakes,
Until vibrations crashing –-
My heart splashing –
Loudly in my ears…  

A place of fire and earth,
Between our dark core and
Brilliant corona,
There scatters arcs of light,
Heavenward into air.  
The liquid of our selves
Flow out into rivers of diamond tears
And precious oils.
Holding on to her,
Speaking her name,
Waiting for the force to ebb,
To flow…

I don’t know what my journey will bring.  
I don’t know when my sight will return.  
I only know I must face up
The troubled terrain,
To break my self upon the road.  

To know my soul has a safe home,
My heart has a singular name,
My life has a surging wind,
And my love is its strong sail.  

And I know the breath of God will blow,
And blow on….

Still, she tempts me on.
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misty Aug 2017
i chug the pint sized can of lager
the 7.5 percent, my 8th, but i wish it got me farther
the hastening cerebration of complete intoxication
i have missed this, total self annihalition
Branden Youngs Jul 2017
Guide me by the hand.
Lead me upstairs so we can begin.
I was too young to understand:
Eve encouraged Adam
to commit the original sin.

Temptation shut downs my mind so I can’t dispute.
It’s time to poison my mind with the forbidden fruit.
Grey mirror Jul 2017
The door kept knocking
I was afraid to open.
At the same time curiosity struck my mind
I peeped through the keyhole
And pretended to be bold,
But all I saw was silhouette.
A chill ran down my bones
As I saw an invitation slid through under the door.
I was bewildered as to who would send an invitation late this hour
addressed to my name.

I opened the envelope
And the invitation read
"I cordially invite you to the carnival of lust"
I took the invitation to my room
And left it on a table at the side of my bed.
I went back to sleep as I thought, the invitation wasn't for me.

I woke up the next morning
Thinking it was all just a dream.
But there I saw the invitation lying next to me.
I chose to ignore it as it wasn't something I would acknowledge.
But instead of discarding it, I let it be.

Once again a voice whispered,
Aren't you a little curious to know what it might unfold?
Just one visit won't hurt,
Just to be sure that it isn't what your looking for?

I was miss goody two shoes.
Never made reckless decision.
But then I thought why not?
"Maybe I should cut myself loose
I will go, just for a sneak peek".
I was sure it would bring no harm
I always kept myself alarm.

So I got all dressed,
And found my feet marching towards the carnival of lust.
I said to myself "I will leave before the rest".
Instead, till today Im filled with remorse.
For what I saw as the curtain unfold
Was not meant for my soul.
It was like a rollercoaster ride,
Not for merrymaking,
The carnival twisted my mind
I was not able to leave.
Now I pray for release,
For a carnal life I lead.
Here I used invitation as a metaphor for temptation. It's like an invitation in our life that keeps knocking for a door to open. Temptations will always come, but it's our choice whether to let them in or not. Sometimes they leave us in curiosity. But once we let them in, it's difficult to get out. So let us be alert. I hope you enjoy this simple piece about temptation.
Clive Blake Jul 2017
Gleaming white meringue,
What made me buy it?
It's not part of my diet,
I'm inclined to bite it,
But I'm trying to fight it!

My conscience's view of it:-
Sugary,
Sticky,
Synthetic,
Sickly.

My stomach's view of it:-
Scrumptious,
Salivatating,
Seductive,
Sensepulsing.

Actuall­y:-
It's Inanimate,
It's Inconsequential,
It's Inanity
Is Innate.

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