When you’re single

And looking for that one someone

Or just in need of release

There are moments

When that need

That hunger

Becomes a kind of panic

That rises through you

Like a tide lapping at the shore

Gradually moving farther

And farther up the beach

The waves increasing in strength incrementally

So that you don’t notice the subtle changes

Until the waves are pounding

And threatening to pull you out to sea

Drowning you in your own desire

But when you have found

That special someone

Who lights a fire in your soul

And who just the thought of

Makes sparks dance in your eyes

And a smile creep over your countenance

Then that desire is a fire

Incapable of being doused by the tide