Don't speak to me about desire. I know more of that word than most know about their own heartbeats. I have desired many things, some of which I have actually managed to grasp. I know desire. I know it well.
I desire her with a part of me so ancient that it is nothing more than the spawn of patience. I look at her and wonder what it would be like to know her touch on my skin. Soft? Harsh? Dominating? Submissive? This part of me, an elder of mankind be eons, does not wonder... it waits. It waits for the answers to come. If they never come, then it simply shrugs and continues to do as it has always done. So don't speak to me of desire.
How many of you know what it is like to look upon someone and know that you will never have that someone at your side? I do not mean that the odds are stacked against you. I mean know, as you know your own heart is beating because you are alive, that you will never know the touch of that person. Not even so much as a playful slap on the rear or a handshake? How many? I possess such knowledge. I know that I will never rise with the morning sun and be greeted by that face. Don't speak to me of desire.