#528 On This Deep Longing

Everyone has a deep longing within them
A wanting
A needing
Like a raging fire
That consumes our very being

We always always long for something
And in that burning, raging fire
We flail away
Trying to hang on to anything
To keep from drowning away
In the fire of longing

Never truly knowing
Never truly realising
That this deep longing
This unquenchable wanting
This unmet needing

Was always for You
For You, and You alone. 

(inspired by Jon Fosse's Septology)