Rack off
I walk past the magazine stand
And busty female figures
Greet me with seductive smiles.
Two dimensional prints
Evolving a way of sin -
Lust now able to be committed
Whilst browsing through nearly any magazine.
Behind the rack
And in my soul
Rears the ugly head of Lust -
The god and goddess
(God that he may know best what appeals
Goddess that she may know best how to execute)
Revelling as each image
Reaches a house,
A wall,
A heart,
A soul.
'Just some fun'
Becomes more time consuming,
Becomes a regular, repetitive sin,
Becomes slavery
As the man designates a slice of himself
To this service,
This fleshly desire.
A habit that is enjoyable,
A want that is accepted and promoted among many.
"It is simply a harmless habit -
What can be so bad about a beautiful woman?"
Admiring a good creation -
But it is beyond admiration,
It is wanting someone -
Often less than that,
Often wanting only the body
Of someone who was not created for you;
And even apart from that
It is someone who is unrealistic,
Someone who has been glossed over
With make-up and computers -
They are no longer real people
Just good looking,
Fake images of sensuality.
How much better is a real girl?
How much more beautiful
In her unique ways and looks?
But as you continue whole-heartedly
To delve into the realm of 2D lust
The lines between that and reality
Will bend and often falter
Leaving the thoughts that go through your head
As you gaze at a perfect image
Go through your head as you gaze
And lust
After a true person -
A friend,
A girlfriend.
It becomes the way
That Jesus' hole
Is half-filled with sinful habits
Which ill-fit the gap in the heart that is His -
But it is something that all too regularly
Is placed in there by people
Because they haven't yet found
True piece.
© R. A. W. S. Clarke
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