Desire
Taming has no place here
DESIRE
Even raw desire
has a place in this Universe
so has denial
but my use of that one
will be the denial
of that denial itself
I assent to and love
every aspect of sex
that is honest and true
and does not invade
anyone else’s space
or violate their integrity
Even raw desire
has elements of beauty
the excitement of a climb
to the top of a mountain
covered in clouds
surrounded by storms
Our Universe is vast
clearly expanding
it has a place for raw desire
unpolished, rambunctious
playful, rebellious
not a candidate for taming
This poem was born
in the borderland between
asleep and awake
where reason is asleep
and desire is awake
and ready to celebrate life. --
Dear Maria,
I loved the clarity around the celebration of desire.
Rawness without integrity becomes consumption. Rawness with integrity becomes vitality.
I appreciate that you place honesty and non-violation at the center. That distinction transforms desire from something that needs taming into something that needs consciousness.
Desire is powerful psychic energy. It can create, and it can destroy. When it is owned rather than projected, it becomes creative force instead of collateral damage.
The borderland between asleep and awake is often where truth speaks without costume.
There is courage in reclaiming instinct without surrendering ethics.
I love how you dig into this topic and lay it open for the rest of us to ponder. In my much younger life I was often consumed by raw desire, which led to dismay and regret. Yet some memories of that desire are still enticing.