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Thought I'd try posting some poetry I made on a whim. Haven't done much of it before and I'm sure this is a bit on the nose, but I wouldn't mind some feedback.

Thank you for reading.

Lust

Lust is like venom

It squeezes tight like denim

It’s sneaky and invasive

And it’s skilled at being persuasive

Like the snake, it promises something beyond measure

But it ultimately denies you of the true treasure

It offers something fake, something counterfeit

You won’t know the difference though, once you’re in the thick of it

That dopamine, that feeling, that ecstasy

It pulls you right into a fantasy

In there you’re somebody special, you’re king or queen

The difference being that the other person isn’t real or seen

As you get higher and higher

You’re sinking deeper and deeper into the mire

By the time it’s over, you’ll know you’ve been cheated

But you have no one to blame but yourself. You feel defeated

Loneliness comes back. It sucks you dry

After a while, it makes you wanna cry,

“Nobody loves me! No one at all!”

“I’m disgusting, unwanted, and no one hears my call!”

But there is one who has heard. And He’s always been with you.

Through repentance, He makes you clean and brand new

The scars remain, and you wonder if your loneliness will end

But fear not beloved, for that is why He had been sent

So there’s no need to despair, no need to mope

For He offers a future and a hope …