Exploring the Mind

Quarantined Desires

The satiation of my needs,

                                                        should bring me contentment ;

To eat and sleep without restriction,

Is to necessitate inhibition,

As my desires, like a sneeze,

                                                          control me, their attendant.

Thus it is this world,

                                            in which I am free,

That sets within me,

                                           this melancholy?

Yes!

        I see clearly:

                                          Prohibition is necessary.

But who enjoys detaining himself,

When pleasure is within his reach?