For All Those Who Have Not Yet Known Hunger

Neville

For All Those Who Have Not Yet Known Hunger

 

For all those who have not

   yet known hunger

   then let me tell you all this ..

I for one, have

always known hunger since

first being torn

from the comfort of my own

   mother’s womb ..

In fact, it’s a fact, that I have

   always felt hungry ..

Hungry for light and for truth

   and for knowledge

and all with such a thirst for

   my personal gain ..

Indeed, how I ache and I lust

and desire for just

that right amount of perfect

pitched pain you

  always beat your drum about

since we first met,

   all those long and lost years ago ..

But for now, I want to

  make a simple statement of fact ..

And then to set all

   these old records each straight ..

 

So get this my friend

and once and for all, I don’t want

to climb any magnificent

mountains, or to swim in some

  fucking great lake ..

And nor do I want, to just sit still

and to contemplate

spaces or for that matter those

places, I have only

   ever been to inside my own head ..

Oh yes indeed, I have

   always been this insatiably hungry ..

But until recently,

had lost all my appetite for bread,

   for fruit and for meat ..

Although it is true, I still squat at

  the same table just

marking time and caressing each

one of those pretty,

scented pulses of yours while you

count slow and loud

   dissatisfied, singular, heartbeats ..

Yes those, which seem

to occur somewhere between

your anxiety attacks

   and my solitary bid for true freedom ..

 

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  • sorenbarrett

    Deeper meaning lies under the table. I too have been hungry to the point of gluttony only to have it ripped away by dark hands that nearly closed my nose to any aromas and my eyes to any appealing fare on the table. May your appetite increase my dear friend

  • Friendship

    Well written, my friend; your words are profoundly strong to my heart.Your poem seeks to communicate the complexities of human desire, the feelings of dissatisfaction, and the struggle to find meaning and fulfillment in life. Through the exploration of hunger, the poet invites the reader to reflect on their own experiences of longing and existence.

  • orchidee

    Good write N.

  • Tristan Robert Lange

    Neville, this feels like a confession layered in metaphor. Hunger becomes more than appetite…it’s longing, ambition, ache. The way you circle from womb to wisdom to withheld bread builds something restless and deeply human. “and my solitary bid for true freedom ..” lands with quiet weight. Well done, my friend.🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦‍⬛

  • Doggerel Dave

    I need time with this I think, Neville. Many echoes I recognize immediately, Others I feel I could relate to if or when…..
    Faved in order to refer back if or when...

    • Doggerel Dave

      With you on your hungers, with you on lack of appetite but there's background I'm not sure of - please enlighten.

    • Goldfinch60

      I hunger for peace in our time Neville, may it come soon.

      Andy

      • Neville


        I'm with you on that one & no kidding .. Neville

      • Thomas W Case

        Hey, my friend, this bites with honesty and hunger—raw edges and tender truth bleeding together. You’ve got that ache on the page that stays with a reader long after the last line.

        • Neville



          That is far more than I could have ever wished for Thomas .. Thanks tons .. Neville

        • NafisaSB

          different types of hunger, and the aches they cause - you have brought this out so clearly..am impressed

          • Neville



            Many thanks my friend .. Neville 😎👍

            • NafisaSB

              you are most welcome - have a great day..



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