I don't necessarily lust, but I undoubtedly desire.  It's a double-edged desire, envy and wanting of legs and hair and facial curves.  My mind wanders, but not as it used to.  Like I used to deal with hunger, I assume nothing will happen, and so I do not grow lustful.  I am not frustrated or unsatiated.  But I am lonely.  I do lie in bed, at night, and wish I need not curl upon myself.  I do miss kisses and hugs, miss the physical trust and affection, miss the excitement and reliability.  I miss romance.

I am not depressed, but I am far from happy.  I am not full of angst, but I am not peaceful.  I am not unloved, but I am distant.  I see the women come and go, talking of Michelangelo, and I, a poor man's Frida Kahlo, lie broken and unobserved in the next room.  I am great, in my own way.  But I am not desired or wanted.  I'm lost.    I feel too young to be getting old.  Strange, since I don't particularly relish what I have.  And yet I want more.  Want more of what potential indicates, not what reality reports.

No, I do not lust.  But my desire cuts both ways and leaves me slivers and shivers of should be's.

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