POEM: ‘Love Over Lust (Acrostic)’

Contributed by: Natalia Marfil, biology major

Let us slip into each other’s gaze,

Oblivious to the world that surrounds us.

& in our

Vague and dizzy haze

Enrich our souls with the bittersweet taste

Of our sinful almost-ways.

& with

Veins pulsing with insatiable desire,

we will deny

Every shameful thought, put out every sinful fire.

we will

Refuse to take any part

in the wants of a

Lust-driven, tired heart.

because

Under her ties and under her spell

I can’t

Stray too deep or too far to leave a permanent scar

not now or ever:

This time love will remain over lust & loyalty over pleasure.