Lust Is No More Physical than Love
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Lust is no more physical than love. Feeling is the fuel that feeds that fire, A flame that might, controlled, pure pleasure prove. The language of the psyche is desire. One is dragged towards ecstasy by need: For power, vengeance, salience, self-esteem. One wants sometimes to make one's landscape bleed, To penetrate the borders of the dream. Lust's a fantasy, sometimes made real, Oft sustained by willful ignorance. The more one sees, the more one's apt to feel A need for what the love of others grants. Within love's bounds, lust can be a joy; Outside of love, it is a child's toy. Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.
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