Whitman on being desired https://t.co/BPU23qSF8W
There is something deeply tragic about how love is spoken of today. Not love, really, desire. Lust dressed up in aesthetics, marketed as closeness. Infatuation that burns hot and fast, then vanishes with the first discomfort. We live in a time where the word “connection” is used so lightly, but experienced so rarely. Where the craving for bodies is... See more
Amira • Don’t match my freak, Match my yearning
The very thing that distinguishes us both is that I wouldn’t hesitate to choose you in every lifetime. But you wouldn’t even choose me in this one. And although I gave you my flesh and bones, I know I cannot love you into loving me. So there you are, overflowing with my love, and here I am pleading for a droplet of yours or whatever I could... See more
I’ve encountered a shadow of you
It was cold to the touch and it cut me right through
I’ve even seen a glimmer or 2
Of the magic you leave behind like dew
But I’ve never kissed you, I’ve never hugged you, I’ve never made a pot of coffee for you
Are you hiding, will you find me?
Should I stay put and find shelter til your rescue
Do I deserve you?
for the
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