ODE Poem: Drenched in longing, by Rex Prometheus

I’m tormented day and night
By your beauty,
Your absence echoes silence.

Is this love or lust?
For stare in your direction
Makes me want to commit
The sins of the flesh.
How the line blurs
Between love and lust
When desire burns so brightly.

All I know is the world lacks colour
When you are not around,
Music loses it appeal,
And your absence in my life
Has carved a void in my soul.

But, my primal urges
To explore your body
As though it is an uncharted territory
Still linger.

So hypnotic,
Your voice is like that of Orpheus,
My heart melted in your melodic voice.
Your smile mimics the warmth of the sun,
So endearing.

I’m like odysseus
Lost at sea,
Trying to get back to you, my safe haven.
Love keeps me afloat
In this accursed word.