One of Them

I’m a human being,
Subject to the same temptations
Of all human beings,
Subject to the same weaknesses,
The same heartlessness
That engulfs all men…

I’m a fool who’s lulled
By a false sense of security,
A false sense of one being immune
To the weaknesses of men,
Only to find out I’m not at all,
I’m just as shallow as the rest…

Horrid desires and images
Flash through my mind like lightening,
Each more vulgar than the last,
Yet equally as tempting,
What am I becoming?
I’ve been lost amongst the same neediness…

That engulfs all weak men…
I’m one of them now…