It tops the list Of the seven deadlies
Our favorite to talk about
To grow warm over, to squirm and to blush
And look away....
The noun form means desire, pleasure,
A condition or state of being playful,
Any source of pleasure and delight.
An appetite.
A liking for a person.
Also, fertility (of soil).
The verb:
To please,
To delight.
Call it good
And then open your Bible
And see it as a bad thing:
A strong sexual desire.
Merely this,
An overwhelmingly bad thing
That gets in the way of spiritual progress.
Whatever that means.
Let the people say
Whatever
And be playful,
Have an appetite
To please and be pleased.
Let's do it.
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your mind and heart are on a great journey!
ReplyDeleteAloha from Waikiki :)
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Delightfully playful.
ReplyDeleteMad Kane
Ready.
ReplyDeleteAs we all take this journey together!
ReplyDeleteLet us be glad and rejoice in it!
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SueAnn
are we talking about what I think we are? the bible is so strong about it because of the need to control desires outside of marriage is my take...lol!
ReplyDeletesomething the Bible will strongly remind us of what we can get out of it.
ReplyDeleteNaughty, yet neat!!
ReplyDeleteLustful desires are like little narrow streams..they try to get to us somehow and leave us when it's work's done..;)
totally fair when the intention is pure!
ReplyDeleteYou've taken this prompt on an intriguing journey! Well done Sandy.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy all that sand, lucky you! G
I love this, Sandy!
ReplyDeleteWell, Sandy. I am glad that you picked this 'sin' to pick on. You were pretty thorough in a teasing and little bit senuous way. I was surpised about the soil fertility part.
ReplyDeleteThank you teach! :)
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I could say more but my inhibitions have stopped me.
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I like the poem, its fun and teasing; I really had a very different, quite antithetical image of "lust" in my mind (to me it implied lack of mutuality, force, etc.), but I'm willing to think about it differently.
ReplyDelete(I think) Sin depends on the believer who thinks it is or, the non believer who doesn't see their behaviour as sinful at all.
ReplyDeleteWe humans are a strange beast. We like to put a label on everything and think it 'must' conform or, it is wrong.
Very nice take on it and lovely prose.
Hi Sandy!! I loved your take on this- and I use that word a lot for the appetite and pleasing- not as a sin. I struggled with this prompt- not a bad thing- but it was a challenge! Hope your Beach Days are well under way!
ReplyDeleteTo please and be pleased. Mantra for a beautiful life.
ReplyDeleteThanks for being here.