Charmed Poem by segun Johnson Ozique

In the warmer shade they stood,
Ineffably beauties,
Tantalizing, sensuous and tasty.
Struggling to wear off,
My pernicious habit to devour them,
To my knees I went in prayers;
Let this cup of desire be taken off me,
Because I am weak in will.
But like a sunburn land,
Malnourished; vain to stop the crave for rain,
I shared in the sacrament.
And, soon like a candle lighted,
Brilliant a moment but must die,
The crave soon disappeared.
Taken over by evidence of guilt,
Wouldn't, shouldn't cankerworm ate away at me:
Soon swapped by a new resolution,
Shan't ever again,
And, like the old resolve,
I implored for courage,
Never,
To be charmed,
Again.