NaPoWriMo 2015: Day 19: One If By Landay

Craving Version 11

Photoshop Phoolery by The Real Cie

You can hide the truth with lying lips

But your dreams tell the secret of whom you long to kiss

~Thalia~

The Prompt:

for today’s prompt (optional, as always!), I’d like to challenge you to write a landay. Landays are 22-syllable couplets, generally rhyming. The form comes from Afghanistan, where women often use it in verses that range from the sly and humorous to the deeply sardonic and melancholy. The first line has nine syllables, the second has 13. 

Here is an article on Landays.

Hungry For More

Writing Prompt and Image Source

Hungry For More

I know this is the proper portion

Of tasty, healthy food

Which should be enough

To satisfy my body’s need

But I’m hungry for more

I need sweetness

Not just icing

But the whole cake

A little lovely substance

But not too much propriety

I’m sick of obedience

To rules I didn’t choose

Meat is good and vegetables fine

But what about a little wine

I crave a morsel of decadence

My need lies sweet on the tip of my tongue

My mouth waters for what I truly crave

The unspoken

Forbidden

Excruciating desire

For something I can never taste

~Cie~

The Prompt:

Light and Shade Challenge