Poem Prompt 1

Ryan McGuinness

The long,

haul.

A single act of an unwavering bond,

however, for those incapable souls,

Like myself,

commitment is a shackling weight,

I must drag through the dirt in relationships.

The issue lies not with my,

significant other,

but upon my wandering eye;

Unfocused on one,

but on many.

The ability,

My ability to commit is disregarded.

Lost to passing streaks of blondes,

dripping with temptation-

exuding a sickly sweet,

ensnaring, perfume-

brunettes strut,

intoxicatingly by persuading my judgment.

Amidst all of the tantalizing sin,

lies a small smoldering flame

of compassion and desire.

A compassion to love one and only,

One.

A Desire,

small and indiscernible, but alive with raging intensity;

a Desire,

I hope,

to alter my devious ways and emerge anew;

A committed Man.