What do you suppose would happen if sex did not exist…

That all that is primal in nature, was simply – NOT.

That the most intimate form of pleasure

Was in the joining of ones soul with the other.

Suppose it was this joining – this connection

And only this

That was the means

And the only means

To intense physical satisfaction.

That a finger

Trailing down the side of your neck

Would cause maybe a tickle

Or a laugh

But no sensation of physical desire

Unless, of course

It was associated with the

Pleasure of the soul

To which that finger was attached.

That a hug

Were simply that –

A hug.

A friendly expression of joy

Or sympathy

Or greeting –

And nothing more.

Unless, of course

It was associated with the arms

And body

Of a soul-mate.

If an orgasm

Were to be achieved

By intensely staring into the eyes

Of the one you love.

Where rape were defined

As the snatching away of ones love

And was a crime

Punishable by

Intense loneliness.

Would you stay with the wrong person

In the same way

You are wont to do so now?

Would it be as easy to cheat

As it is now?

Would we ever settle

For anything less

Than perfect?

Would we so easily

Walk away from our love

For the sake of others?

Suppose

Just suppose

That lust was bound

Inextricably with love.

Would we hesitate

To tell the one we love

That we loved them?

Would it be as easy

To deny the feelings

That bloom inside

Ones heart?

Would we be as careless with

The ones we love

As we are so often now?

Knowing that killing their soul

Would kill all chances

To peak.

I want to live in a world

Where beauty does not imply lust.

Where sex is not as cheap as it is now.

Where love is not so easily tossed aside

I want to exist in a place

Where I can tell that you love me

From the feelings that arise

Within my soul

Simply

When you look my way.