sipping from your bounteous chalice,

nectar, sustenance,

imbibing tender love,
warmth,
passion,
desire,

thirsting for more,
of you,
hungry, needy, greedy,

transcending this life,

these smiles on parade,
this shambolic, frigid charade,

thirsting for more,
of you,

here,
now,
within my being,
hewn into my core … … …