was there ever a moment where
you were taught
lust was love,
when you were skipping rocks
and playing pretend
what voice whispered
it’s your body
they want,
not you
-im coming to realize how as a gay man I felt that I would only receive partnership through sexualizing myself and others in my mind. Early bullying and rejection made be develop a heavy sense of lust, and feeling that I will only be loved when im under someone feeling my skin.