I have taken hold of my senses and emotions,
Both temporal and natural, or so I thought.
~
One, however refuses to submit,
Fails to retreat in the face of iron will.
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This one will continue to elude me
I fear, until my dying day.
~
My nemesis, temptation, smells weakness
Drawing out the impetuosity of my youth.
~
It taunts me with promises of wealth and joy,
Promises of gratification and self-aggrandizing,
Promises of love and power and strength.
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Incorrigible are these in their sloth and betrayal;
Resistance proves futile in the face of this demon,
This evil that has been plaguing man since time began.
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I fear I will continue in this mortal struggle
Until I breathe my last breath
Or conquer this most human of addictions,
Temptation.
~
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Dom DiFrancesco 
Never thought of temptation being a form of adiction, but I can completely understand now
I thought is was sort of a weird twist, but it seemed to work in this case. Thanks. :)
You express so nakedly the reality most of us who are honest face – that struggle within, which holds us back from who we could be. Good exploration – very raw.
Thank you very much Melody. If any of us say we haven’t been faced with temptation I think we would be lying.
pffft and he tries to say his creativity is waning … I offer proof otherwise! The defense rests.
Thank you very much. I think the weekend was a disaster for me, but I hope that I have it back. :)