Lust (or a lack thereof)

A different view of the cravings of the body from a mind that doesn't comprehend lust.

I don't feel it.

The bloodlust of human copulation.

It doesn't seep into my pores

and collect in my blood, 

it doesn't make a fire

burn in my gut.

That firestorm called 'passion,'

with it's rosy cheeks and dark smile.

Seducing the eager masses

and ignoring the indifferent.

I don't crave it.

The touches, 

concupiscent and unrelenting,

the fierce fingernail tracks, 

the ache of absence.

The messages and calls

of another human.

Another mind to keep balanced.

Another body to nurture. 

Another life in which to assimilate.

I seek, but not as others do.

I crave the sunshine in a smile 

and the music of laughter.

Two people making conversation,

a fragile web of trust,

jokes and sorrows and secrets,

creating a world for two.

A universe apart.

A galaxy beyond.

I don't feel it as others do, 

the bloodlust of humanity.

But I see in another light.

A lust for existence

and passion for understanding,

of caring and consequence and joy.

I care not for the meshing of bodies,

but revel in the melding of souls.

Bodies will wither

and crumble

and fade.

But souls?

Who's to say

they truly ever decay

or rot or wilt or lessen at all?

Author's Note

Written on a whim. It's not great, but it's something. ^^ Let me know if the rating should change.

Reviews

[Beccy]

Lust is no more than the scratching of the surface; and in any event soon fades. Love on the other hand, is the sunshine of a smile, the music of laughter, the melding of souls; that's when two truly become one and I am so pleased that you understand an appreciate so important a difference.

Very much enjoyed this. Beccy.

[Emma Lee-Riviera]

:D Thank you very much for reading this! It is simply hard to explain it to other twenty-somethings that I don't think that stuff sound fun or interesting or anything. ^_^; I am so glad you liked it! Thank you very much!

[Ufi Auttorri ~ UfoAutho..]

Oh, I am so happy... so very, very happy to be the first to review this. It is the heart, dare I say the "soul" (whatever that may be) baring itself to the universe-at-large. It takes great insight and even greater courage to say these things that deviate from the norm, things that lie outside the 99th percentile on the bell curve of life. Only a few will truly apprecate but those few are, perhaps, the ones that revel in the "melding of souls" and lust with deep passion to understand existence; to experience it first-hand through "caring and consequence and joy." They are stardust, they are golden... already immortals in their own way - and rightly so having shared such lines as these. Marvelous, my dear Emma... simply beautiful.

100 joyous conversations

[Emma Lee-Riviera]

Thank you so much, Ufi. :) Every conversation we have is worth 1000. ^^ I have missed you, dear friend.

[Ufi Auttorri ~ UfoAuthor]

..and I you. I know now my demise will be a dainty affair, "Yes, he went smiling.. lovingly consumed by a tea-sipping parlor bear." =^o^=

[Emma Lee-Riviera]

D: BAD PARLOR BEAR, NO EATING GUESTS

[Ufi Auttorri ~ UfoAuthor]

{Nom, nom...} "Bfph, derh vas zooooo yommy!" >O^O

[Emma Lee-Riviera]

Noooooo, we want to keep him!!! He's a good human, you can eat the horrible ones instead.

[Ufi Auttorri ~ UfoAuthor]

"Yah, mit vazabii.. zoooo tazedie! Hookay... yust de oorible vuns." >8oD

[Emma Lee-Riviera]

*pats head* Good parlor bear... c: