Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered my diet dreary
Feelings I had often felt before, began to overwhelm me
And having not the will to ignore
Thoughts unbidden, of guilt ridden delights
Well hidden in a secret drawer
Perhaps just one and then no more
 
Wherewithal that would befall in answer to that siren call
Footfalls softly down the hall
Passing outside the kitchen door
Still saying just one and then no more
 
Amid unnatural selections of delicious confections
Dismayed at how quickly I succumbed
I caught sight of a Turkish delight and with that first sensuous bite
Lost all self esteem as I spied a peppermint cream
While all else were napping, I was busy unwrapping
A raisin and rum with sticky finger and thumb
But the fleeting thought of self defeating overeating
Struck me to my very core
And promising myself no more cheating
I helped myself to just one more
 
With the last cashew and caramel chew
Convictions grew strong that perhaps this was wrong
What could I do but vow to start anew
Sadly contemplating my fall from grace
Into the empty space within the paper cases
And the remains of cellophane
 
Sheepishly creeping to not awake the sleeping
A sad returning with soulful yearning
Trying to ignore what had been promised before
I had taken just one and then one more
And now
Now
There were no more!