Warning: This poem is a bit intense. It describes a temporary fixation with lust in rather intense ways. In being this transparent, my intention is to describe an experience that I believe a lot of men have. In general, I believe that illuminating darkness can help us be safer and more free, and my hope is this poem can help with that.

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A woman in class

Shy and beautiful

I don’t pursue

Guilt

Knowing I’d leave

In the end

Yet it torments me, addicts me

Every cell in my body

Wants her

Prays for her

Saving touch

Wants to devour her

Over and over

To save myself