Jack Cohen

The Hungry Beast

The beast is hungry
I can hear its moans,

Can feel its pain
as it cries and groans,

\"Feed me please\"
You know I can\'t,

\"Feed me please\"
It continues to chant,

Night and day
it pleads to me,

Every second of every day
it longs to be free,

For I have trapped this hunger
in the bowels of my soul,

Guarding it there
locked and under control,

With every off thought
I can feel it trying to climb,

Up from the dark
still after all this time,

I guess in due time
we can only hope to see,

Who will win the battle
between my will, and the hunger of the beast.