Exc/The Wanting Hours

©️Angelina Maria 2026 Midnight pours its velvet through my room, And lays his absence heavy as perfume. The moonlight slips like satin down my skin, And wakes the kind of thoughts that feel like sin. The night has heard what daylight never knows How deep the want, how hot the hunger grows. Oh, mercy… what becomes of me When darkness sets desire free? The night knows how I hunger for that man, How I’d melt like candle wax beneath his hands. Let the moon blush red and turn away, Let the stars forget the things I say. There’s a fire no lonely heart can fight Lord how I hunger… for that man tonight. The hours move like honey, thick and slow, While somewhere underneath this moon he goes. I wonder if the darkness finds him too, And lays upon his skin like I want to. If longing crosses miles without a sound, Then surely mine has found where he is now. Oh, mercy… if he only knew What this lonely night makes me want to do. Some fires grow sweeter when denied, Some flames burn hotter kept inside. And mine has burned too long to hide Tonight, I want him by my side. The night knows how I hunger for that man, How I ache to surrender to his hands. Let the moon blush red and turn away, Let heaven keep the secrets that I say. There’s a fire no lonely heart can fight Lord how I hunger… for that man tonight. So let the darkness know my sin I’d burn all night to let him in.